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An outdoor food-preparation area under a corrugated metal roof supported by bamboo poles, with palm trees behind and striped awnings beyond. Several people in green and white hair nets and white caps work at large steel pots and vessels on the bare ground. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers with a lanyard badge stands at left. A seated man in a red shirt and another in white sit at a table with plastic-wrapped packets, and orange plastic chairs are scattered in the foreground beside a large tub of wrapped food.

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January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06A covered open-air food preparation area at a relief camp, with large metal cooking pots and vats on the ground and a striped tarpaulin roof overhead. Several workers in white hairnets and green head coverings tend the food and stand among stacked vegetables, tomatoes and sacks. A man in a light blue striped shirt with an ID lanyard, and men in white shirts and white dhotis, move between the stalls. Colourful striped awnings and blue tarpaulins shade the wider site, which is dotted with more people.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A large open-sided relief kitchen under a tarpaulin roof on bare ground, serving cyclone-relief annadaan in Kuttiyankuppam village. Volunteers in white head caps and aprons stir big metal pots over fires and tend steaming cooking vessels on blue tarps. A man in the foreground leans over a wide steel pot stirring cooked vegetables. Other workers in white shirts and dhotis stand among stacked grain sacks, plastic buckets and orange plastic chairs, while women in colourful saris sit on tarps at the right. The scene includes bamboo supports and a row of red and white striped cloth in the background.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A large open-sided tent serves a communal meal during cyclone relief work in Kuttiyankuppam village. Many men and women wear white hairnets and stand or sit around large steel cooking pots, ladles and bowls on a dirt floor under a corrugated tin roof. A man in a red shirt and dark trousers faces away from the camera among the crowd, and a worker in a checked shirt spoons food from a big pot. Gas cylinders sit near the cooking stations, with palm trees and a white wall behind.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of an open-sided outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and tarpaulin, used for mass food preparation. Large steel cooking vessels sit on open wood fires on bare ground. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and women in saris, wear blue-green hair caps and work around the pots and metal trays of cooked rice and prepared food. Sacks, plastic packets and bowls lie on the ground. Palm trees and a boundary wall are visible behind, and a child stands at the right. Plain work clothing and the open ground suggest a relief-food setting.2012-01-04