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Outdoor relief-kitchen scene on a dirt ground with a corrugated-metal roofed shelter at right and several large black cooking pots and pans on the grass and dirt. A group of men in white shirts, white dhotis and green hair-nets or caps, one carrying an orange flag on a pole, stand near a truck. Coconut palms and storm-damaged bare trees stand behind, with motorbikes and a white SUV parked to the left. Women in saris stand at right near a serving area.

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Outdoor relief kitchen under open tarpaulin awnings and striped canopies at a camp in a village setting. Volunteers in white head coverings and aprons chop and cook, stirring large steel pots on blue tarps. Heaps of green vegetables, tomatoes, ginger and sacks of grain lie on the ground. Seated volunteers in white shirts, one wearing a numbered badge reading 209, sit at folding chairs with papers and bags nearby.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of an open-air relief camp under a corrugated metal roof on poles, with a sandy ground and palm trees behind. Many large steel cooking pots and vessels line a long preparation counter where produce such as green bananas, tomatoes and onions is laid out. Volunteers in white kurtas and white or green hairnets work at the counter, while a man in a blue striped shirt with a lanyard holds paperwork. Other people walk through the crowded area, and colourful striped awnings shade stalls at the back. The scene reflects annadaan food service at a volunteer camp.2012-01-06A photo of a relief-camp food distribution under a corrugated tin shelter with palm trees behind. Two large metal cooking pots of yellow rice are being served. A man in a white shirt with a grey hairnet leans over the near pot, stirring with a long ladle. Beside him a man in a green head cloth and white dhoti with gold border holds a pot and stands in front of a line of men in grey hairnets and white shirts. Several villagers in checked lungis stand at the left edge waiting. A tarpaulin and plastic-wrapped goods are visible at right.2012-01-06Outdoor 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 relief food distribution at a village in Kuttiyankuppam, Pondicherry, after the cyclone. Volunteers in white shirts and hairnets ladle food from a large black cooking pot on a green wooden platform into paper plates. A volunteer in a red polo shirt with a name badge holds a stack of plates in the foreground, while a man in a white shirt and a volunteer with the number 209 on his back stand beside the pot. A thatched hut and palm trees are behind them.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a corrugated metal shelter with palm trees behind it. Volunteers in white shirts and white or green head coverings and hairnets tend large metal cooking pots set on portable stands over fires. A man in a white shirt and white cap stands in the foreground beside pots and a gas cylinder, while others carry pots and stir. Parked trucks and vans with open cargo beds, some green and orange, stand nearby. Dirt ground and a storm-damaged landscape suggest post-cyclone annadaan food service. No ascetic in saffron is clearly visible.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief-work scene on a sandy, dusty lane beside tall coconut palms, with a striped tent canopy at left and right. A cluster of about eight men in white kurtas and dhotis, several wearing green and white hairnets or surgical caps, stand around a green-painted wooden cart or stall. A small orange flag is raised on a pole, and a scooter and bags of supplies sit near the cart. Several white-clad men are working food or relief distribution, with an orange-robed man at the right edge and a man in an ID lanyard standing by a canopy pole. No individual is clearly identifiable as a specific person.2012-01-04An open-sided tin-roofed shelter in a cyclone-damaged village with palm trees and fallen branches, used for a community meal (annadaan). Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing green or white hair nets, stir and serve food from large steel pots of rice. One bare-chested man wears a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a green cap; another in white shirt and dhoti stands at right with a gold wristwatch. A man in a light shirt at left wears an ID lanyard. Steel vessels of vegetables and curries line the counter.2012-01-06Outdoor food-distribution area under striped purple, green and white canopy tarps strung between metal poles, with palm trees behind and a white building at right. Volunteers in white clothes and white caps stand and sit at steel vessels and tubs of food. A woman in a white sari stands at left serving, beside a person in saffron-orange robes. Men in white shirts and grey or orange-brown lungis stand in the sandy yard, and a man at right in a white shirt holds a phone. Several people sit cross-legged under the tents. The scene suggests an annadhan meal service.2012-01-04