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A dusk photograph of a cyclone relief distribution in a village street. Women in colourful saris, including one in red and teal and another in orange, stand at the open back of a truck handing out food, with a white-clad helper beside them. Several children crowd the foreground, one girl in a white sleeveless top looking toward the camera and a boy in a striped shirt holding a small paper. An older man in a blue jacket stands in the middle of the group. Palm trees and a painted wall with cartoon figures frame the scene.

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January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor photo of a village lane after a cyclone, with damaged thatched and tiled houses, leaning palms and fallen debris. A crowd of villagers, mostly women in blue, orange and pink saris, reaches up toward a truck bed holding steel vessels. A woman in an orange sari and white head cloth stands in the truck, while a volunteer in a teal head covering and white top stands beside her, and another person in teal works below. Several children watch at the edges, and a small orange flag is visible on the truck. Relief food distribution is shown.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesNight-time food distribution in a village lane lined with thatched huts and a plain wall. A truck bed with blue slatted sides is loaded with large steel vessels, and a man in a light blue shirt stands on it passing out containers. Many villagers crowd forward with steel plates and bowls raised, including women in saris and older women with grey hair, and children reaching up. Orange flags are fixed to the truck. On the right, a young man with a white tilak on his forehead and a light orange cloth draped over his shoulders holds a plate of food.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Relief distribution on a roadside after a cyclone. Two men in white uniforms and head coverings stand on the flatbed of an orange-brown truck, ladling food from pots into bowls held by a line of villagers. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, stands at left directing the line. Women in colourful saris and a girl in a yellow frilled dress and a girl in orange with a flower garland hold bowls and a steel container. Bent palm trees and fallen branches line the road. A banner on the truck shows a portrait of a saffron-robed figure, and the scene is a relief meal under the windy sky.2012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution in a village street after a storm, with palm trees, a tiled-roofed concrete building and scattered crop stalks. A worker in a grey shirt and light green head covering hands out food from the open back of a wooden-sided truck, and a second worker in white with a head covering helps beside it. Villagers crowd forward holding paper plates and steel containers, including a woman in a blue top with a dark patterned cloth, a woman in orange, a woman in pink, and a small child on a woman's hip. Several people in the foreground are visible. Overcast sky.2012-01-06Night photograph of a relief distribution at a truck with a wooden railing. Several men in light shirts and green caps stand on or beside the truck bed handing items down. Below, a crowd of women in colourful saris, including a yellow-and-brown floral sari and a teal floral sari, and children, one girl in a yellow top with a long braid holding a steel bowl, reach upward to receive them. An older bare-chested man with a white dhoti holds a steel vessel at left. The scene is lit by dim night lighting.2012-01-07Outdoor village street scene under tall palm and shade trees, with a thatched hut at left and a utility pole. A blue food-serving vehicle with orange flags stands in the middle of the road, where a man in a white coat and green cap ladles food from a pot while another man in a blue shirt lifts a white sack. Crowds of villagers surround it: women in saris and dhavanis, adults in white shirts and checked lungis, and many children, one boy in a green shirt smiling at the front and a small child being held on a hip. The scene shows an annadaan food distribution in a village lane.2012-01-06