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A photograph of a covered outdoor cooking area in morning mist, with large steaming aluminium cooking pots set on stands. In the foreground a man in a white striped shirt and checked lungi, wearing a green hairnet and a name badge, stirs a large pot with a long ladle. Nearby stacks of green gourds lie on a blue tarpaulin, sacks are piled at left, and workers in plastic chairs tend more pots. Vehicles, including a blue-and-green truck and a white van, are parked under palm trees in the background. The scene shows food preparation for relief work.

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January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Open-sided shed with a corrugated metal roof serves as a community kitchen for food distribution. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi with a red head cloth stirs a large pot with a long metal ladle over a wood fire. Several large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels sit on the sandy ground and on stoves, with bags of rice and piled greens nearby. Other workers in white and plain clothing, some with head coverings, move around the stations. A green-leafed tree line and a hazy sky appear beyond the shed.2012-01-06Outdoor food preparation under a tarpaulin canopy with palm trees behind. Two men in white shirts and grey trousers, wearing light green hairnets and ID lanyards, stir large steaming metal cooking pots set directly on bare ground. One man on the left grips a long-handled ladle and the other stirs with a long spoon. Behind them, a table holds food supplies, bags, and a red gas cylinder, and several women in colourful saris and a monk in saffron-orange robes are visible in the background near a white van and a truck.2012-01-04A photograph of an open-sided outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and tarpaulin, used for mass food preparation. Large steel cooking vessels sit on open wood fires on bare ground. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and women in saris, wear blue-green hair caps and work around the pots and metal trays of cooked rice and prepared food. Sacks, plastic packets and bowls lie on the ground. Palm trees and a boundary wall are visible behind, and a child stands at the right. Plain work clothing and the open ground suggest a relief-food setting.2012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor community kitchen under a corrugated metal roof with a palm grove behind. Several volunteers in white caps, aprons and white or patterned clothes stir and ladle food from large aluminium pots set over open wood fires with blackened ash. A woman in a yellow and orange sari stands at the centre, and a large steel drum in the foreground holds water. Coconut palms and a tarpaulin shelter are visible in the background.2012-01-04A covered open-air food preparation area at a relief camp, with large metal cooking pots and vats on the ground and a striped tarpaulin roof overhead. Several workers in white hairnets and green head coverings tend the food and stand among stacked vegetables, tomatoes and sacks. A man in a light blue striped shirt with an ID lanyard, and men in white shirts and white dhotis, move between the stalls. Colourful striped awnings and blue tarpaulins shade the wider site, which is dotted with more people.2012-01-06