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Outdoor relief kitchen under a metal frame in a palm-tree setting, with a large dark cooking pot on a stand at right and stacked steel plates on a low rack beside a red gas cylinder. Several men stand around: a man in a striped polo shirt in front with a white head covering and an ID badge, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a man in a grey shirt, and a man in a white shirt and grey trousers, most wearing white head coverings. Trucks and a tarpaulin appear in the background, and a few more people in white shirts and lungis are visible further back.

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Outdoor relief-camp scene under palm trees at a cyclone-hit village. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with light blue hairnets or caps, and handle large metal cooking pots and aluminium containers near a blue and green truck loaded with crates. A man in a bright orange dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and an ID lanyard, stands at right beside a chair and table. Two men in khaki uniforms stand by the truck, and a man in a green checked shirt stands at centre. Behind them are more trucks, a tarpaulin shelter and damaged trees.2012-01-06A photograph of a relief kitchen under a corrugated metal roof, with large black cooking pots and steel vessels on the ground and gas cylinders nearby. In the foreground, a man in a checked lungi and white shirt stands on the bed of a green-and-yellow truck, while several men with white head caps and white coats, plus a man in a green striped shirt and a man in a brown shirt, face the truck. Storm-damaged palm and bare trees stand behind the shelter, with other workers tending the cooking area. No one visible is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen in a cyclone-damaged village, with broken trees and palm trunks around a dirt yard. A blue-and-orange cart stands at left beside a sack and steel vessels. Several men in white shirts and trousers, several wearing green hairnets or caps, handle large pots and steel plates at a cooking station under a tarp frame. Strewn branches and a truck are visible behind.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A photo of an outdoor relief kitchen set up on bare dirt beside palm trees and storm-damaged vegetation. Large steel cooking pots and a stack of flat metal griddle pans sit on the ground next to a black iron stove stand and a red LPG gas cylinder. Several small trucks and pickups, one green, one orange and yellow, are parked behind. A man in a white shirt with a green head wrap and a dhoti-clad man in a white shirt stand near the trucks, and a man at left with a watch raises his hand. Laundry hangs on a line at right. Context suggests cyclone relief food distribution (annadaan).2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief work in a rural village under coconut palms. A blue-painted open truck bed with slatted sides sits in the centre, with a few white containers and bowls inside. Volunteers wearing green and white head caps stand around it, including a woman in a teal saree with a green blouse and men in white shirts and lungis. Large stainless steel cooking vessels and lids are stacked on a cart at right, and another truck with a banner stands behind. A cyclone-damaged tree line and bright sky appear overhead.2012-01-06Outdoor food distribution camp under a corrugated metal shelter with palm trees overhead. Several men wear green head cloths and white shirts; one man in a white shirt stands on a truck bed holding up an orange flag. Large steel cooking pots, a blue drum, aluminium vessels and a flat metal tray sit on tables and a tarpaulin, with tomatoes on the ground in front. Orange and white banners hang on parked trucks behind, and more people stand in the background.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor relief kitchen under a corrugated metal roof on a bare, debris-strewn dirt ground, with storm-damaged trees and palms behind it. Several women in saris and green or white head coverings stand at large black cooking pots set on metal stands over gas cylinders, while a man in a blue and white shirt and grey track pants and a man in white dhoti-style clothes move among them. Steel pots and bowls sit on a table, and plastic packets of food and red-wrapped items lie in the foreground. A white SUV and a truck are parked nearby. Storm relief food distribution, with about ten people visible.2012-01-04Outdoor annadaan food-serving area under a long corrugated metal tarpaulin roof supported by poles, with palm trees beyond. A man in a grey-striped shirt and dark trousers, wearing a white hairnet, stirs a large pot on a metal stove. Men in white dhotis, one with a yellow-bordered cloth, stand and sit among steel pots and bowls, with plastic chairs and a blue tarpaulin on the ground. A few other workers wear white hairnets. Bundled firewood lies to the left.2012-01-06