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Outdoor relief kitchen under a colourful patterned canopy with red, green, purple and white striped awnings on bamboo poles. Volunteers in white shirts and white hairnets prepare food at long steel tables and large metal cooking pots, with sacks of grain stacked at left. A man in the foreground in white shirt and hairnet holds a paper and a pen. Other workers, some in green hairnets and a child in a blue apron, move among the tables; a seated man in white gazes to the side. Plastic drums, a tarpaulin roof and palm trees fill the background, with a sandy ground. The scene shows annadaan food service at a camp.

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January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04An outdoor relief kitchen under a large tarpaulin canopy supported by bamboo poles. Many people in white clothes and pale green hair caps work at long tables and cooking stations, preparing food in large metal pots and steel vessels. Heaps of green limes or small fruit, red vegetables and sacks of grain are piled on blue tarpaulins. A man in white shirt and trousers stands in the centre holding a video camera, while others sit on plastic chairs cutting produce. Palm trees and striped tents stand in the background.2012-01-06A relief camp under a large patterned cloth canopy, with volunteers working at a food preparation area in the background. A young man with a shaved head, a white head cloth, a bare upper body and a white dhoti-style cloth with a red border sits at a dark table, holding a pen and a notebook, and speaks to an older man in a white shirt seated on the right, who has grey hair and a gold ring. Several people in white aprons and blue hair nets work at steel vessels, and sacks of vegetables lie on the ground. A mobile phone and a yellow folder sit on the table. The scene suggests an annadaan and medical camp.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A smiling man in a white shirt and white head covering stands in the foreground under a striped red, green and purple canopy at an outdoor relief camp. Behind him, people sit on plastic chairs at folding tables set with containers under the shade, while others in white walk across dusty ground toward parked white vehicles and palm trees. The scene appears to be a community meal or medical-camp setting.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07A busy outdoor food-distribution scene under a colourful striped tent canopy with a patterned red top. Several people in green and white hairnets and head coverings prepare food at tables, while a woman in a cream sari with an orange border stands at a table center. A monk-like figure in orange robes with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace stands in the middle, and other men in orange and white clothing mill about. A woman in a teal blouse works at the bottom right, and a bare-legged worker stands beside a cardboard box on a table. Buildings and blue tarps appear in the background.2012-01-04A photograph of a food-distribution area under a colourful striped and patterned canopy, with bamboo poles and a dirt ground. Several men wear light green or grey hairnets. In the centre, a bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands among others. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a floral border walks past. On the right, a man in a white kurta holds his hands together near a steel table where a cloth-wrapped item sits. Another man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at the right edge. Sacks are stacked behind them.2012-01-04An outdoor food service under large colourful striped and patterned canopy tents, with palm trees behind. Volunteers in white clothing and light green or blue head caps serve food. A woman in a white sari with a tied head covering stirs a large black cooking pot on the ground, while others sit on orange plastic chairs at tables holding steel plates and trays. Steel pots and buckets sit nearby on the right, and a few people in white dhotis and shirts move around the food stations. This appears to be an annadhan food distribution. No person in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04