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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).

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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.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 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.2012-01-06Outdoor relief work in a rural village under coconut palms. A blue-painted open truck bed with slatted sides sits in the centre, with a few white containers and bowls inside. Volunteers wearing green and white head caps stand around it, including a woman in a teal saree with a green blouse and men in white shirts and lungis. Large stainless steel cooking vessels and lids are stacked on a cart at right, and another truck with a banner stands behind. A cyclone-damaged tree line and bright sky appear overhead.2012-01-06A 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 kitchen under a metal frame in a palm-tree setting, with a large dark cooking pot on a stand at right and stacked steel plates on a low rack beside a red gas cylinder. Several men stand around: a man in a striped polo shirt in front with a white head covering and an ID badge, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a man in a grey shirt, and a man in a white shirt and grey trousers, most wearing white head coverings. Trucks and a tarpaulin appear in the background, and a few more people in white shirts and lungis are visible further back.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food distribution camp under a corrugated metal shelter with palm trees overhead. Several men wear green head cloths and white shirts; one man in a white shirt stands on a truck bed holding up an orange flag. Large steel cooking pots, a blue drum, aluminium vessels and a flat metal tray sit on tables and a tarpaulin, with tomatoes on the ground in front. Orange and white banners hang on parked trucks behind, and more people stand in the background.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06A photo of an outdoor community kitchen under a striped canvas tent with a red, green and blue awning. Large stainless steel cooking pots sit on metal stands over a dirt ground, one filled with yellow curry and another with cooked food, beside a red LPG gas cylinder and small jars of condiments. Several workers in head coverings and white or grey clothes stir food, ladle and serve, while people sit under the tent and in the background. A red and orange cloth hangs at the left edge. The setting suggests a large food service such as annadan.2012-01-01January 04 20122012-01-04