People react in protest to the announcement of newly elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on July 20, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan parliament has voted to elect Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president to take charge of the island nation in deep economic distress. Wickremesinghe defeated primary rival Dullas Alahapperuma, a member of the breakaway faction of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party, 134 votes to 82. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)





A demonstrators interacts with Police special task force personnel (R) standing guard while blocking a road as demonstrators take part in a protest march against Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe towards the Presidential secretariat office in Colombo on July 22, 2022. Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital, evicting activists in a pre-dawn assault on July 22 that raised international concern for dissent under the new pro-West president. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A man navigates his way through motorbikes parked for fuel at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Sri Lanka's economic crisis has left the nation's 22 million people struggling with shortages of essentials, including medicine, fuel and food. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A man pushes his autorickshaw to a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A woman waits to fill gas in her scooter at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A police officer controls traffic at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A vendor sells snacks at the Galle sea face promenade near the ongoing protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A rider waits in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29 , 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Passengers ride on an overcrowded train as public transportation gets limited fuel amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A girl rides on an overcrowded train as public transportation gets limited fuel amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29, 202. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Drivers push auto rickshaws in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 29, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A crow sits inside a damaged bus which was set on fire during a clash of pro and anti-government demonstrators near the Prime Minister's official residence amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 31, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





Staff of Sri Lanka's parliament try to open the main door before the Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrives to inaugurate a new session of parliament and deliver his first policy statement, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 3, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Protesters react to a police announcement aired using loudspeakers ordering protesters to vacate the site of months long anti government protests outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Sri Lanka's Parliament approved a state of emergency July 27. The decree gives the president the power to make regulations in the interest of public security and order. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A woman reacts to a police announcement aired using loudspeakers ordering protesters to vacate the site of months long anti government protests outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, August 4, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Protesters share a light moment before vacating a days-long protest camp outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, August 5, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A buddhist monk listens to a protester's speech at an anti-government rally to mark one month since a massive protest forced then Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and step down, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 9, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A Sri Lankan traditional dancer performs during a Gini Madu Shanthikarmaya, a traditional Sinhalese ritual in Batuwatta, Sri Lanka, on August 14, 2022. The Gini Madu Shanthikarmaya, is a ritual tradition that invokes the blessings of the goddess Pattini and lasts up to 12 hours. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Workers wave China's and Sri Lanka's national flags upon the arrival of China's research and survey vessel, the Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port on August 16, 2022. A Chinese research vessel entered Sri Lanka's Chinese-run southern port of Hambantota on August 16 despite concerns from India and the US about its activities. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Sri Lankan university students take part in a demonstration in Colombo on August 18, 2022. Sri Lanka police fired tear gas and water cannon on a small protest on August 18 to break up the first demonstration since the crisis-hit island nation lifted a state of emergency. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)