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A photograph of a village street where a crowd of children and adults gathers around a blue metal truck bed with orange flags on poles. Several men in white shirts and white trousers stand on and beside the truck, handing out food or items to the people below. A woman in a floral sari stands at the right, and a girl in a pink dress and a girl in an orange top with a braid stand in the foreground. Children hold steel plates and bowls.

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Outdoor village food distribution beside a blue-framed truck with a flatbed rear and an orange flag. Volunteers in white shirts stand on the truck handing out food and steel bowls to a large crowd pressing around it. Children in colourful clothes, a woman in a red sari and a woman in blue stretch out hands and vessels. A brick wall, thatched roof and dirt road form the setting. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor food distribution in a dusty village lane lined with thatched and tin-roofed huts. A blue flatbed truck with orange flags stands in the middle, and men in white shirts and a green-capped worker load and hand out food from its back. A man in a maroon shirt in the foreground holds a steel plate and a leaf plate of flatbread, while children and women in saris and salwar kameez crowd around with bowls. A white-shirted man at right wears a shirt with a printed figure and text. Puddles and a tarpaulin-covered shelter sit beside the road. Consistent with annadhan relief work.2012-01-04Food distribution in a dirt lane of a dense village settlement. A blue truck with an open flatbed is parked among corrugated and tarpaulin-roofed houses, with saffron flags on poles behind it. A man in a white cap and grey shirt stands on the truck handing out food, while another man in a white shirt beside him passes items down. A woman in an orange sari with a white shawl walks at left carrying a container. Many children and adults crowd around holding steel plates and bowls of food, with a rolling food vessel nearby. Open drainage water runs along the left side of the lane. A bicycle and a poster-like banner with a red-clad figure sit at right.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesOutdoor relief distribution on a village lane under trees, with a blue-painted vehicle at the back. A man in a blue t-shirt and light trousers leans over the truck bed while a man in a white shirt and green cap hands out food. Beside them stand an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a man in a striped shirt and a woman in a red sari with orange border holding a steel plate. Several school-aged children in white uniforms, some with red hair ribbons, crowd forward holding steel plates and bowls to receive food. Houses, palm trees and an orange flag are visible behind the vehicle.2012-01-06Relief distribution on a roadside after a cyclone. Two men in white uniforms and head coverings stand on the flatbed of an orange-brown truck, ladling food from pots into bowls held by a line of villagers. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, stands at left directing the line. Women in colourful saris and a girl in a yellow frilled dress and a girl in orange with a flower garland hold bowls and a steel container. Bent palm trees and fallen branches line the road. A banner on the truck shows a portrait of a saffron-robed figure, and the scene is a relief meal under the windy sky.2012-01-06A crowd of villagers queues at a blue food truck for annadan during a relief distribution. Men in white shirts and a man in a blue shirt handle steel bowls and serving vessels at the truck's side, while a man in a green cap and a man in a white shirt work near the open truck bed. Many children, including girls with long braids, hair ribbons and teal, red and light green dresses, hold out metal bowls and plates. A woman in a green sari stands among them. A makeshift shelter with a white tarp and roadside debris sits at the right edge, and a printed banner is behind the truck.2012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of a food distribution at a roadside relief point in a crowded village street. A blue metal frame on a vehicle bears a Tamil slogan, and orange flags flank it. A man in a white sleeveless vest and white dhoti stands on the blue structure reaching down to ladle food from a large container into steel bowls held up by a crowd. A woman in a pink and peach patterned sari holds a steel bowl at left. Children and adults press forward, including a girl in a teal top and a boy in a red striped shirt.2012-01-04