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A photograph of a village street after cyclone damage, with fallen branches and leaves scattered across a dirt road between white and plain concrete houses. Several volunteers in red and white clothing stand at the back of a truck with blue containers, handing out food or supplies. Women and children in saris and dresses gather on the road and watch, one woman in a striped orange sari pointing toward the truck. Utility poles and bare trees line the street under a pale sky.

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January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a village street after a cyclone, with a rust-orange truck parked on a dirt road. A white banner on the truck's side bears a saffron-robed figure and Tamil text. Several men in white and yellow shirts climb onto and work at the truck bed, while children and adults gather at the roadside drainage channel, one child holding a plate of food. On the right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border stands watching. Damaged palm trees and a small concrete house with red walls are visible behind.2012-01-06Photograph of a village street after cyclone damage, with a crowd gathered around a parked truck receiving food. A large orange banner on the truck side shows a portrait and Tamil-script text. Several villagers in mostly plain clothes stand close together, including a woman in an orange sari at left, a young woman in a red and gold outfit holding a plate, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti, and an older man in white with an orange cloth over his shoulder. Broken palm trees, a leaning tree, and a thatched structure with a damaged roof appear in the background, beside an orange-walled house with a small shrine picture on its upper wall.2012-01-06Outdoor photo of cyclone relief food distribution in a village street. A woman in a red-and-maroon saree with a light blue blouse stands in the centre holding a metal bowl of food. Around her, villagers queue, including a boy in a light blue shirt, a girl in yellow, and a woman in a purple saree. Behind them, volunteers in white caps and aprons serve food from a yellow-and-white vehicle. Thatched huts and palm trees stand in the background.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a cyclone relief distribution on a flat coastal road beside a waterway and storm-damaged trees. On the left, men in white shirts and white head coverings stand at the back of a blue truck, one holding a folded orange cloth. Villagers queue in front of the truck: a woman in a green blouse and pink-and-white sari holds a steel vessel, a woman in a red sari, an older woman with white hair in a pink-striped sari, and a woman in a bright green top reaches out holding a steel bowl. Several children, including a girl in red and a boy in a brown shirt, crowd in the line. No person in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-01-07A dusty village street after a cyclone, with bare and broken trees, a leaning utility pole and scattered debris. A crowd of villagers, mostly women in colourful saris and children, gathers in the road. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands among them, and a child sits atop a vehicle. Children in school-style shirts walk toward the camera in the foreground. A small roadside shrine with a deity murti and a yellow-draped structure appears at the right.2012-01-07A photograph of a cyclone relief distribution on a village street. A green-and-yellow truck with an open cargo bed stands at the roadside. A woman in a pink sari with a green headscarf stands in the truck bed, and a man in white shirt and white dhoti leans over the truck bed. Beside the truck, a white sack is on the road, and a woman in a light grey headscarf and a girl in a floral dress stand near it. An older man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands in the foreground, and a man in a white shirt and blue checked lungi stands at right. A child in pink stands at left. Behind them are a pale two-storey house with circular ornaments on its facade, palm trees, and utility poles with tangled wires under a clear blue sky.2012-01-07Outdoor photograph of a village street in Kuttiyankuppam after the cyclone, showing relief distribution from a yellow three-wheeler van. A volunteer in an orange shirt and light green head covering stands in the back of the van handing items down. A man in a striped polo shirt stands on the van bed beside him, with a small orange flag mounted at the rear. On the ground, a woman in a teal sari and a young girl in a white top and grey skirt reach up toward the van, while a woman in a pink sari and a small child stand nearby. Behind them are a multi-storey concrete house, a thatched hut, a parked motorbike, and bare trees under a pale sky.2012-01-06 +1 copies