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A photograph of a rural food distribution in a dusty village lane. Volunteers stand in the bed of a green-railed truck serving yellow rice from large steel pots and bowls to a crowd below. A man in a red and white checked shirt and grey head covering ladles food, while another in a blue checked shirt and green hair net leans in with a steel vessel. A man in a white shirt in the foreground dips a bowl into a pot. Women in saris, some in yellow and blue, and many children with steel plates and tumblers gather around.

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January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor cyclone relief food distribution on a dirt road. A large orange-and-yellow truck with an orange banner printed with a photo of a saffron-clad figure and Tamil text stands at the centre. Several volunteers in white clothes and light green head coverings stand on and beside the truck, serving food. A woman in cream sari with a grey hair bun stands on the left side, holding a pink cloth. A crowd of villagers, many women and children, press forward holding steel plates and bowls toward the truck to receive food. Coconut palms, scattered bricks and debris line the street.2012-01-07A food distribution at a cyclone relief site. A woman in an orange sari with a name badge and a light blue hair net stands behind a large metal cooking pot, serving yellow rice onto a paper plate. Beside her, a woman in a patterned sari and blue hair net ladles food from a steel vessel on a blue-and-yellow truck bed. A man in a striped shirt stands at right holding a container. Several people reach upward with outstretched hands: a smiling young girl with braided hair holding a paper plate, and elderly people with grey hair. A small orange flag and damaged thatched huts appear in the background. a person is not identifiable in the scene.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesVillagers queue at a green-and-yellow truck to receive food during cyclone relief distribution. A woman in a yellow-and-red sari with grey hair stands at left holding a steel pot, while a girl in a blue top and pink skirt with a long plait stands beside her. A man in a white shirt and green checked lungi stands center holding a paper plate of food, and a woman in a pink headscarf at right holds a steel bowl. Several children and a man in a white shirt stand near the truck, which has wooden slatted sides, and people in the back of the truck hand out food. Dry straw lies on the ground and houses are visible behind.2012-01-07Outdoor relief distribution on a dirt road beside a rubbish heap. Volunteers in white clothes and head coverings serve food from the back of a green-railed truck, ladling yellow food from a large dark pot into bowls on a metal tray. A man in white and a woman in a teal sari and head covering lean over the truck bed. Villagers gather around, including a boy in a yellow shirt holding a bowl, a girl in a blue top, and a man in a white shirt. A man in a white shirt holding a camera stands at the right, and a motorcycle is parked nearby.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor food distribution on a dusty roadside. An older man in a white shirt and grey lungi, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold wristwatch, stirs yellow rice from a large steel pot with a ladle. Beside him a helper in white ladles food onto plates. A woman in a green patterned top holds out a foil plate, and several children and men in shirts and vests queue, holding disposable plates. Another steel pot of white rice sits in the foreground. Tuk-tuks and motorbikes are parked behind the crowd.January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A street scene in a village lane where women and children queue with steel vessels and bowls to receive food being served from large steel pots. Several women in colourful saris, including a woman in a green and yellow sari and an older woman in a red-patterned sari, hold out their containers. Volunteers in green surgical caps and white aprons serve from the pots at the front right. A man on a motorcycle rides along the lane in the background, and a crowd of children watches from the sides of the road.2012-01-07