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A photograph of a crowded open-bed truck on a rural road lined with dry grass, palm trees and pink flowering shrubs. Many people, mostly children and young people, stand packed inside the wooden-railed truck bed, gripping the rails; one wears an orange top and another a teal top. The truck's tailgate carries a partly visible red and yellow painted lettering. Below, several men in shirts and trousers stand near the tailgate, one bending to lift a tyre, and motorcyclists ride along the left edge. A white gate and a roadside sign are visible on the right.

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A photograph of a rural road where an open-bed truck with yellow and red sides and the word "TIGHER" painted on its rear is loaded with many people, mostly children and young adults, crowded along its wooden railings and standing in the bed. Several men in shirts and trousers stand beside and behind the truck near a white gate, and a silver car and motorcycle appear further along the road beside flowering bougainvillea and palm trees. Among the passengers, a girl wears a teal dress and another an orange top. No deity, ritual or a person appearance is visible.A photograph taken from behind of a red-and-yellow truck with a caged wooden body, its tailgate reading "HICHER" in red lettering on a yellow band. Many people stand crowded in the open back, gripping the metal bars, wearing white shirts, a turquoise shirt and a red top. The truck rounds a curve on a paved rural road lined with green shrubs, pink flowering bushes and palm trees. Three people walk along the road ahead at the top of the frame, and a white gate stands at the right edge.A photograph of a crowded open truck with a wooden railing bed at an ashram gate on a rural road. Many people, including children and women in saris, ride standing and crouching in the truck bed, while a boy in an orange shirt stands on the rear edge gripping the rails. Several adults in the foreground stand by a black iron gate with a white pillar; a woman in a teal sari and a man in a white shirt and checked shirt are among them. Dry grassland, granite boulders, palm trees and pink flowering bushes surround the road, and a small white structure is visible on a distant hilltop.January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a roadside food distribution in a village after a cyclone. A crowd of villagers, many women in blue and orange saris and some in headscarves, gather around large metal vessels of food on the left, while children hold steel bowls and cups. A man in a green-striped shirt stands on the back of a white three-wheeler vehicle decorated with a large orange banner showing a smiling man in an orange turban and robe. Dry palm-thatch huts and palm trees line the dusty road. A man in a blue-and-white checked shirt stands at right in the foreground, and a shirtless boy in checked shorts stands at centre. The banner's figure is a depiction, not a physically present person.2012-01-06 +1 copiesOutdoor village scene beside a thatched straw hut with dried palm-leaf roof. A white flatbed truck with slatted sides and blue-patterned trim stands on a dirt road, and a man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands on its bed passing steel bowls down to villagers. Several children in pink, red, yellow and striped shirts crowd near the truck, and an older woman in a purple blouse and patterned sari stands in the centre holding a bowl. On the left an elderly woman in a blue blouse and orange sari stands by the hut. A man in a plaid shirt and checked lungi watches at the right edge. Trees and a green building appear in the background. No deity, ritual setting or a person candidate is visible.2012-01-06Photograph of a crowded village street lined with pink and white concrete houses under a clear blue sky, with palm trees and overhead power and telephone lines. A dense crowd of men and some women press together in the foreground, many pressing toward a turquoise metal railing on the right, some with cloths wrapped over their heads or shoulders. A man in an orange-and-white patterned shirt stands near the middle of the crowd, and more people walk and wait farther down the road beside parked motorcycles. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA photograph of relief distribution in a village after a cyclone. Volunteers in pale blue head coverings and aprons stand on and beside a yellow-and-white truck, handing out food and containers. A crowd of villagers presses in from the road, including children in blue, white and yellow shirts, a woman in a purple and red sari, and a woman in a red and orange sari. A damaged thatched hut with a palm-leaf roof stands at left, and palm trees are visible against a pale sky. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-07