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A photograph of relief work at a truck loaded with large woven rice sacks in green, pink and yellow. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands on the truck bed, while another man in a white dhoti carries a sack on his head toward the camera. A third man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at the side, and a young man in a white t-shirt leans at a silver car. A corrugated shed roof, a palm tree and storm-damaged trees appear behind them, with women in the background near cooking equipment.

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A photograph of relief work outdoors beside a flatbed truck with an open metal frame, loaded with stacked sacks of rice labelled "KOS BRAND" in yellow, green and red. Four men stand around the truck unloading sacks: one in a white shirt stands on the bed, two in white dhotis and white shirts face each other handing a sack down, and a man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands at right. A man in a green cap at left wears white. Parked silver and grey vehicles, palm trees, a tarpaulin shelter and a row of people with metal pots sit in the background.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Relief distribution outside in a cyclone-affected area. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands on the flatbed of a truck, reaching down among stacked rice sacks with green and red printed packaging. In the foreground, a man in a white t-shirt with orange Sanskrit-style lettering carries nothing and stands beside a silver SUV. A second man in a white shirt and black trousers, wearing a rudraksha mala, hoists a large green rice sack onto his head. Palm trees and debris surround the scene under overcast skies.2012-01-04A photograph of a truck bed loaded with large sacks of rice in green and yellow packaging, some printed with the brand name KDS Brand. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers stands on top of the load. Coconut palms and a white car are behind the truck, and women in saris stand at a covered stall on the right. Some sacks are white and unlabelled. The setting appears to be an outdoor relief distribution point. and2012-01-04A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers carries a large yellow-and-green KDS BRAND rice sack on his head beside a parked truck loaded with similar sacks. A beaded necklace and pendant hang at his chest. Behind him a second man in white shirt and mundu stands on the truck bed, and a woman in a white sari works under a tarpaulin shelter with a large steel pot and pile of firewood. Parked cars sit at the left edge, and the scene is an outdoor relief or annadhanam setting.2012-01-04Men in a foggy outdoor field unload large burlap sacks from a green flatbed tractor trailer beneath a row of palm trees. Several workers wear white hairnets and light cotton clothes, some in checked lungis and one in a white shirt, while a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala stands at right. Sacks are being hauled off the trailer and a leafy green bundle is visible. A white jeep and a banner with a saint's portrait appear in the background under a dark canopy edge.2012-01-03A photograph of a relief distribution site under a striped red, green and navy tent canopy with fringed edging, beside palm trees. A man in a green shirt and checked lungi carries a white sack on his head toward a stacked table of rice bags. Workers wearing pale green hairnets and white caps stand nearby, including one in a pink shirt and another in a white shirt. Behind them, men in white dhotis and a parked white van are visible. A blue drum sits at the right edge of a dusty ground. Several others are partially visible in the foreground.2012-01-04Outdoor relief distribution under a striped canopy with a red-and-purple patterned border. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis lift large white rice sacks onto a blue-and-white flatbed truck. A man in a striped shirt stands in the truck bed. Beside the truck hangs a large orange banner showing a smiling saffron-robed figure with a turban and a Tamil caption. Palm trees and a sandy ground fill the background.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of relief food distribution at an outdoor site under a striped tent with purple and green trim. A man in a yellow shirt and checked shorts stands barefoot on the open back of a blue truck stacked with white rice sacks trimmed with pink and green. In the foreground a man in an orange shirt and white trousers carries a large white sack on his head. Metal pots and a steel basin sit on the ground at right, and a wall at right carries a large banner showing a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe, a depiction whose identity cannot be confirmed from appearance. Palm trees and a blue sky are behind.2012-01-04A flatbed truck with wooden slatted sides is loaded with stacked green and red-striped sacks of rice or grain, plus orange sacks at its left edge. It is parked beside a corrugated metal-roofed open shed with a blue tarpaulin. Under the shed, workers in the background tend a cooking area with steaming pots and a large metal vessel in the foreground, and firewood or sugarcane stalks are piled behind. Bare trees and an overcast sky appear beyond. A silver car is at the left edge. No people are clearly identifiable in the foreground.2012-01-04