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A photograph of a village roadside after a cyclone. A large fallen tree trunk with bare branches lies across a dirt path through a grassy field. In the foreground, a hand grips the handlebar of a motorcycle with a mirror. Behind, palm trees, a concrete wall, pink and yellow buildings with an Idea mobile advertisement, a small truck and a few distant motorcycles line a road under a pale sky. No deity, ritual or discourse is visible. Photo credit text appears faintly in the lower right corner.

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January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph taken through a vehicle window of a village street after a storm. A large, twisted, leaning tree with bare and partly leafy branches dominates the centre, its trunk bent over a dirt path. Scattered litter and low green shrubs lie in the foreground. Behind it are colourfully painted houses in pink, blue and yellow, palm trees, and a small parked white vehicle. The sky is pale and partly cloudy. No people are visible.2012-01-06A village street in Kuttiyankuppam, Pondicherry, after cyclone damage. A pale concrete road runs left to right past a row of low houses with orange, cream and yellow walls and tiled roofs. Two men sit on a step at the left, and a man in a white shirt and a man on a motorcycle stand near the road. Fallen trees, cut branches and debris line the right verge beside tall palms and stone gateposts. Stacked firewood or coconut husks lie beside the left building, and red cloth hangs from a rooftop pole.2012-01-06January 02 20122012-01-02January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of storm damage in a village street: a large uprooted tree lies across muddy, debris-strewn ground with its root mass torn upward and dark silt piled beneath it. Behind it stands an orange two-storey building with an exterior staircase, a white pillared veranda with a red tiled roof on the left, and a parked motorcycle near a gate. No people are visible.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06A narrow paved road runs through a landscape damaged by a cyclone. Many trees have been stripped of leaves and bent or snapped, with fallen trunks and broken branches lying along both verges. Palm trees stand among the wreckage, and a single motorcyclist rides away in the distance on the empty road under a pale sky. No ritual, a person or relief workers are visible in the scene.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07Daytime photograph of a cyclone-damaged village field in Pondicherry. Several felled coconut palms lie across the grass, their fronds and root balls scattered around. A small brown cow stands among the fallen trunks, and a tiny distant figure in light clothing is visible at the left edge. Standing palm trees rise in the background beside a low shelter and a pale building, with bare earth and debris in the middle distance.2012-01-06A roadside scene after a cyclone, with damaged thatched huts and trees along a paved road. Blue and yellow tarpaulins cover makeshift shelters, and bundles and bags lie on the pavement. Several people ride motorcycles and a bicycle moves past on the left. A dog stands near the yellow tarp, and palm trees and power lines stand in the background under a pale sky.2012-01-07