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Cyclone relief distribution in a village street: an orange-and-yellow Tamil Nadu truck (registration TN55 L9598) is loaded with people handing up metal cooking pots and containers. Two women standing in the truck bed wear a white sari and a teal head covering; another wears a yellow sari. Crowds of villagers, mostly women in colourful saris and a man in a white shirt, reach upward. Behind them stand a whitewashed house with a corrugated roof and tall coconut palms.

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January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor cyclone relief distribution on a village street with palm trees and concrete houses behind. An orange-and-yellow truck with a green stripe and registration plate TN 35 L9598 is backed up to the scene, and volunteers in white caps and clothes stand on its bed handing out steel bowls of food. A crowd of villagers reaches up with bowls and plates: women in colourful saris, a girl in a yellow top, a young man in a green shirt, and an older man in a pink shirt and checked lungi. A woman in a pale yellow kurta with a beaded necklace watches from the back of the truck. Mostly women and children in saris, shirts and lungis are visible in the crowd.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A young man in a brown long-sleeved top and white hairnet stands on the raised bed of a green truck, ladling food from a steel pot into metal plates held up by a crowd. Many children and young people, mostly girls with long braided hair and school-style blue and white clothes, reach upward with plates and bowls. A palm tree and a white building with a thatched roof edge are visible.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of cyclone relief distribution on a roadside. A yellow truck with green lettering, partly reading "CHER" and "SOUND", stands with its rear open. Two women in white saris and green hair nets stand on its bed, one in a maroon-bordered sari handing a steel bowl down. Below, a woman in a pink top and orange shawl and a person in a yellow top and maroon knit cap reach up with cupped hands to receive food. A thatched and tarpaulin-roofed hut and bare saplings are at right.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07A relief distribution outdoors on a village lane beside a yellow truck painted with lettering and a cartoon figure. Volunteers standing on the truck bed wear green and white head coverings and white or pale clothes, handing out food from steel vessels. Below, a crowd of women in saris and village girls in bright blue, orange and pink clothing hold up metal pots and bowls to receive the food. Palm trees and a white concrete building stand behind, and a man in an olive-green shirt stands at right watching.2012-01-07Outdoor photo of a food distribution in a cyclone-damaged village street. A man in a brown shirt and white hairnet stands on the back of a green truck, while a crowd of villagers press forward holding steel vessels. Women wear orange, red and patterned saris and a girl in a white dress with a braid stands at left. A boy in a striped shirt and lungi looks on. Palm trees, damaged thatched houses and a small concrete structure line the street, with an orange flag on a pole at upper right.2012-01-06