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A photograph of an open-sided corrugated-roof shelter where a crowd of women in saris and green or white head coverings prepare food. Large metal pots and cooking vessels sit on the ground and on a blue tarpaulin, with bowls of chopped red tomatoes and piles of white sacks nearby. A standing man in a white shirt and a white wrap stands at the centre, and bundled firewood is stacked at the left under palm trees. Several people are bent over the pots and bowls, chopping and sorting produce for a community meal.

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A large outdoor field kitchen under a corrugated metal shelter with a bamboo-and-pole frame. Women in saris and green or blue head caps prepare food at long tables covered with blue tarpaulin, cutting tomatoes and vegetables into steel bowls. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the ground around them, with orange gas cylinders and stacked firewood nearby. Several women in red, orange and yellow saris move between the pots, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at right. Palm trees and a hazy sky appear beyond the shelter.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of an outdoor community kitchen under a tarpaulin roof on a sandy ground, with palm trees and a white building behind. Many women in pastel saris wear light green hairnets and sit on blue tarps chopping vegetables, with large steel pots, tomatoes in a metal bucket, and bags of food around them. A man in a saffron-orange robe stands at the right, holding an object, while other people in white clothes work in the background. Food preparation for mass feeding is in progress.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor food preparation under a blue tarpaulin canopy on bare ground beneath palm trees. A large heap of red tomatoes sits on a blue tarp in the foreground. Several women in colourful saris and pale green hair nets and caps are seated or standing, sorting and chopping vegetables into steel bowls and pots. Plastic crates, white rice sacks and large cooking vessels surround them, with vehicles and a few people visible in the background. This appears to be bulk kitchen work for community food distribution.2012-01-04A large open-sided tent serves a community food operation outdoors under a corrugated roof and palm trees. Several workers wear white head cloths; one in a white shirt and white trousers stands center. A woman in a yellow and orange sari and head cloth works at a steel tray. Large steel cooking pots and drums sit on the dirt floor, and blue tarpaulin covers a table with trays of green beans and chopped tomatoes. Men in checked shirts and lungis move among the pots, and sacks are stacked at the right.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated metal shelter at a relief camp in a damaged village area. Large dark metal cooking pots sit on open wood fires on the sandy ground, with a lidded pot in the foreground and smoke rising. Several people in white or light head coverings and hairnets sit on blue tarpaulins chopping vegetables, while volunteers in saffron and white clothing stand and move between tables. A red truck, orange gas cylinders, plastic chairs, sacks of grain and a pile of chopped green vegetables are visible. Trees and debris lie beyond the shelter.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A large open-sided tin-roofed tent serves as a community kitchen, with blue tarps spread on the dirt floor and steel cooking pots and vats set on the ground. Many workers wear white head caps and aprons while stirring pots, chopping produce, and handling sacks, and several seated volunteers sit on red plastic chairs around a big cooking pot. Heaps of green vegetables and fruit, bundled grain sacks and bowls fill the foreground, and striped awnings and palm trees appear beyond the tent.2012-01-06A photograph of an outdoor annadaan food-preparation area under a corrugated metal roof supported by wooden posters. Large steel cooking pots and vats sit on the packed-earth ground, with stacks of green vegetables, red tomatoes and onions on a table at right. Several volunteers in white clothing and green hairnets stand and work at the cooking stations, while a man in a brown checked shirt stands at left and another in a blue striped shirt stands at centre. Striped awnings and tarpaulins extend in the background among palm trees.2012-01-06