Sri Lankan children bathe as an elephant walks in a lake at Kataragama, Sri Lanka on April 14, 2017. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A Sri Lankan Buddhist devotee walks past Buddha statues during Poya, a full moon day, at the Gangarama Temple in Colombo on February 10, 2017. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)





Sri Lankan schoolchildren play at the water' s edge on a beach during sunset in Colombo on February 8, 2017. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)





A man walks his dogs along the Galle Face Green on the early morning in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 18, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A man pushes his cart along a road near a main market in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 18, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A man feeds pigeons on an early morning near a beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 22, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





An elephant decorated with a cloth walk during the annual Nawam Perahera (street pageant) in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 9, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during the annual Nawam Perahera (street pageant) in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 9, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A Sri Lankan traditional dancers looks on during the annual Nawam Perahera (street pageant) in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 9, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A man pulls his fish net as people kitesurf in the Kalpitiya lagoon in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka February 10, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A dolphin jumps in front of a tourist boat in the sea in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka February 12, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A labourer tries to open a door at a store room as he carries sacks of rice near a main market in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 21, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A pelicans dries its feathers on top of a lamp post during sunrise in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 21, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Two boys (R) use public telephones as a man uses his mobile phone next to them near the Fort railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 17, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A Hindu priest makes a blessing for devotees during the annual Maha Shivaratri festival at a Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 24, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A Hindu priest makes a blessing for a devotee during the annual Maha Shivaratri festival by praying and fasting for an entire day as they hold a night-long vigil at a Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 24, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Hindu priests make blessings for devotees during the annual Maha Shivaratri festival at a Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 24, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Tamil devotees celebrate during the annual Maha Shivaratri festival at a Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 24, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A man walks his pony along a road while looking for customers for rides in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A man washes his face from a public water tap on a side of a road in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Men participate in a tug-of-war challenge with an elephant during the traditional festival games to celebrate the Sinhala, Hindu and Tamil New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 23, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





In this photograph taken on January 24, 2017, a Sri Lankan health worker sprays a neighbourhood with a fog used to ward off mosquitos in Biyagama on the outskirts of Colombo. Mosquito-related dengue cases have risen sharply in and around the capital despite dry weather conditions, according to local officials, who have stepped up efforts to fog residential areas to tackle mosquito breeding areas. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A Sri Lankan child walks by piles of garbage on a street in Colombo on April 18, 2017. Hundreds of tonnes of rotting garbage piled up in Sri Lanka's capital on April 18 after the main rubbish dump was shut following an accident that killed at least 30 people. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A Sri Lankan worker sorts garbage at a dump in Karadiyana, a suburb of Colombo on April 20, 2017, after the city's main landfill closed after a garbage mountain collapsed killing 32 people and destroying 145 homes. The Colombo municipality obtained permission from court to override protests from local residents and move garbage to Karadiyana as a temporary measure until a permanent solution to Colombos garbage problem is found. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Sri Lankan participants control their bulls during a traditional cart race to mark the Sri Lanka National New Year in Homagama near Colombo on April 23, 2017. The new year marked by both the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil population fell on April 14. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)