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A photograph of a small unfinished brick structure with red bricks laid in courses on a mud and earth base, roofed with a thick thatch of dry straw or grass. Bamboo poles brace the walls and roof on the left and right sides. Dirt and scattered debris lie in the foreground. Through the gap beneath the eaves, a person in a light shirt is partly visible inside the building. No deity, ritual or ceremony is shown.

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A whitewashed rural building with a steeply pitched thatched roof of dried palm fronds sits on bare reddish earth. A wooden door stands open at the front, and a small window with shutters is on the side wall. A second thatched structure stands behind it at right, and a plain concrete-block wall is at left. A small blue stool and a plastic tray lie near the doorway. No people are visible. +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07October 31AFP 20132013-10-31 +1 copiesA small red-washed mud building with a thatched roof of dried palm fronds and two small gold finials on its peaks stands in a sandy open yard. A wooden-latticed window and a door are set into the red walls, and a narrow gold plaque hangs beside the door. A lilac-painted pedestal stands in the foreground near a low white-and-red striped boundary wall. Tall green trees, a black water tank on a metal stand, and overhead wires sit behind it under an overcast sky. No people are visible.2005-04-07A photograph of a rustic open shelter with a thick thatched roof of dried palm or reed fronds laid over a bamboo frame, supported by long wooden poles driven into dry reddish-brown earth. The thatch is bleached grey-beige. Behind it rises a green scrubby hillside with scattered grey boulders and a rocky outcrop under a pale sky. A small white building is faintly visible at the right edge. No people are present in the scene. +1 copiesA photograph of a long, low whitewashed building with a steeply pitched thatched roof of dried palm fronds or straw bundles. Two doorways are visible, one dark wooden door on the left and a lighter wooden door on the right, with small windows beside them. Dark footwear sits at the entrance on bare red earth. The white wall on the left adjoins the structure. A utility pole and trees stand at the right under a pale sky. No people are visible.A long, low white-washed mud-block building with a thick thatched roof of dried palm fronds or straw sits on bare, sandy ground under a clear blue sky. A grey cylindrical drum lies on its side near the wall, a small tree grows at the far end, and a tall wooden pole with a wire stands at the left edge beside a red-earth path. No people are visible. The scene is an open rural setting with scrub vegetation in the distance.A single-storey red-painted building with a thatched roof of dried grass or palm fronds, topped by small golden finials, stands on an open dirt yard under a clear blue sky. Wooden posts support the deep eaves, and lattice windows and a few small signboards are visible on the walls. A tall tree and dense green foliage stand to the left, a palm tree to the right, and a low white-and-red striped boundary wall runs along the back. No people are visible.A photograph of a whitewashed single-storey building with a thatched roof of dried palm or grass, set on bare reddish-brown earth. Wooden shutters line the side wall. Palm trees and green shrubs stand behind it, with a white structure and a few scattered pale stones and gravel in the foreground under a partly cloudy blue sky. No people are visible. +1 copiesA photograph of a newly built brick doorway of a small rural structure with a thatched palm-leaf roof supported by bamboo poles. Mango leaves and banana leaves are tied across the top of the doorway as an auspicious decoration, and a blue cloth with partly visible yellow lettering hangs on the left side. Bare earth and a large stone lie in the foreground. No people are visible.2001-04-14A photograph of a collapsed brick house after a storm, its thatched or timber roof torn away and lying in a heap of broken wooden rafters, bamboo poles and debris in the foreground. Coconut palm fronds hang over the damaged structure, and a doorway is still visible in the standing brick wall. No people are visible in the scene. The image is a relief-work record of storm damage.2012-01-04A photograph of a rustic single-storey building with red-painted walls, lattice-screened windows and a thatched roof of dried palm or grass topped by small golden finials. A bare dirt yard lies in front, with a small purple-painted pedestal, a red and white striped low wall, young trees and a water tank on a stand at the left under an overcast grey sky. No people are visible in the scene.2005-04-07