Night-time photo of a relief distribution at a village in Kuttiyankuppam. Several men in white shirts lean over the edge of a blue-framed vehicle or cart, handing items down to a crowd. Many people hold steel pots and bowls raised toward them, including women in pink and patterned saris and a small child on a hip. Dark trees and scrub fill the background, lit only by the photo's flash. - Nithyanandapedia

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Night-time photo of a relief distribution at a village in Kuttiyankuppam. Several men in white shirts lean over the edge of a blue-framed vehicle or cart, handing items down to a crowd. Many people hold steel pots and bowls raised toward them, including women in pink and patterned saris and a small child on a hip. Dark trees and scrub fill the background, lit only by the photo's flash.

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