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Outdoor relief-kitchen scene on a dirt road in a cyclone-hit village. Several large metal cooking pots with lids sit on the ground in the foreground, with a bowl of yellow food at lower left. A green-and-blue truck stands at left and an orange-and-red truck at the back, near a line of parked vehicles. Two or three men in lungis and shirts handle the pots and a large basket of food, one in a red shirt. Fallen branches, bare trees and palms show storm damage.

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A photo of an outdoor relief kitchen set up on bare dirt beside palm trees and storm-damaged vegetation. Large steel cooking pots and a stack of flat metal griddle pans sit on the ground next to a black iron stove stand and a red LPG gas cylinder. Several small trucks and pickups, one green, one orange and yellow, are parked behind. A man in a white shirt with a green head wrap and a dhoti-clad man in a white shirt stand near the trucks, and a man at left with a watch raises his hand. Laundry hangs on a line at right. Context suggests cyclone relief food distribution (annadaan).2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen in a cyclone-damaged village, with broken trees and palm trunks around a dirt yard. A blue-and-orange cart stands at left beside a sack and steel vessels. Several men in white shirts and trousers, several wearing green hairnets or caps, handle large pots and steel plates at a cooking station under a tarp frame. Strewn branches and a truck are visible behind.2012-01-06Outdoor community kitchen at a relief camp on bare sandy ground, with several large aluminium cooking pots placed over open wood fires. A woman in a yellow and green sari bends over a pot in the foreground, tending the fire. Other people in the background, some in white and maroon clothing, stir and carry pots near metal tables. A blue tarpaulin lies on the left, and palm trees and green fields stand behind the scene.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a relief kitchen under a corrugated metal roof, with large black cooking pots and steel vessels on the ground and gas cylinders nearby. In the foreground, a man in a checked lungi and white shirt stands on the bed of a green-and-yellow truck, while several men with white head caps and white coats, plus a man in a green striped shirt and a man in a brown shirt, face the truck. Storm-damaged palm and bare trees stand behind the shelter, with other workers tending the cooking area. No one visible is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-01-06Outdoor relief-camp scene under palm trees at a cyclone-hit village. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with light blue hairnets or caps, and handle large metal cooking pots and aluminium containers near a blue and green truck loaded with crates. A man in a bright orange dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and an ID lanyard, stands at right beside a chair and table. Two men in khaki uniforms stand by the truck, and a man in a green checked shirt stands at centre. Behind them are more trucks, a tarpaulin shelter and damaged trees.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated roof on bare dirt ground at a relief camp. Large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels sit on portable metal stoves and tripods, with a blue tarp holding white rice sacks and vegetables on the left. Several men in white caps and hairnets work among the pots; one in a white shirt and blue lungi stands at right, and others in orange or white cloths and mixed clothing move around the cooking area. Plastic chairs, a truck and parked vehicles appear in the background under palm trees.2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a corrugated metal roof on a bare, debris-strewn dirt ground, with storm-damaged trees and palms behind it. Several women in saris and green or white head coverings stand at large black cooking pots set on metal stands over gas cylinders, while a man in a blue and white shirt and grey track pants and a man in white dhoti-style clothes move among them. Steel pots and bowls sit on a table, and plastic packets of food and red-wrapped items lie in the foreground. A white SUV and a truck are parked nearby. Storm relief food distribution, with about ten people visible.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06