Supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling party destroy tents belonging to anti-government demonstrators, during a clash between the two groups, in front of the Prime Minister's official residence, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A riot police officer fires tear gas to chase back the supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling party during a clash with anti-government demonstrators, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling party hold down an anti-government demonstrator during a clash between the two groups, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Activists stage a mock ritual to exorcise demons outside the official residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while demanding the resignations of Mahinda and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 8, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Police personnel stand guard outside the President's office as his supporters and anti-government protesters clash in Colombo on May 9, 2022. Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on May 9, 2022, with five people dead and some 180 injured as prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit after weeks of protests. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A bus burns close to Sri Lanka's outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence, in Colombo May 9, 2022. At least three people were killed and more than 150 wounded on May 9 in a wave of violence between government supporters and demonstrators demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Anti-government protesters destroy a damage bus in Colombo on May 9, 2022. At least three people were killed and more than 150 wounded on May 9 in a wave of violence between government supporters and demonstrators demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Government supporters and police clash outside the President's office in Colombo on May 9, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling party stand amid water being sprayed by water cannons during a clash with anti-government demonstrators, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





People gather near a burning buss close to Sri Lanka's outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence, in Colombo May 9, 2022. Dozens of buses used by Rajapaksa loyalists to travel to Colombo earlier in the day were torched or damaged across the country. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A worker sweeps the street alongside the burnt buses near Sri Lanka's former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence 'Temple Trees', a day after they were torched by protesters in Colombo on May 10, 2022. Five people were killed and more than 225 wounded in a wave of violence in Sri Lanka where the prime minister resigned after weeks of protests over the worsening economic crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





People walk past a burnt bus near Sri Lanka's former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence, a day after it was torched by protesters in Colombo on May 10, 2022. Five people were killed and more than 225 wounded in a wave of violence in Sri Lanka where the prime minister resigned after weeks of protests over the worsening economic crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Tourists walks along a main road as army soldiers stand guard in front of the Prime Minister's official residence after the government imposed a three-day curfew following clashes between pro and anti-government demonstrators, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 10, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint near the Prime Minister's official residence after the government imposed a three-day curfew following clashes between pro and anti-government demonstrators, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 10, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard next to burnt buses a day after clashes between government supporters and anti-government protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Defying a nationwide curfew in Sri Lanka, several hundred protesters continued to chant slogans against the government Tuesday, a day after violent clashes saw the resignation of the prime minister who is blamed, along with his brother, the president, for leading the country into its worst economic crisis in decades. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Sri Lankan army soldiers patrol during curfew in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Sri Lanka's defense ministry ordered security forces on Tuesday to shoot anyone causing injury to people or property to contain widespread arson and mob violence targeting government supporters. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Sri Lankans wait in a queue to buy kerosene oil for cooking outside a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A Sri Lankan family watches the wreckage of buses burnt in clashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A navy soldier stands guard at a check point as a man walks past him to work place on the main road after the curfew was extended for another extra day following a clash between Anti-government demonstrators and Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 11, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)