An elephant is seen behind fences on the side of a motorway near a wildlife preservation site in Minneriya on March 23, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)
Buddhist nuns light paper lanterns on Vesak day, a festival also known as Buddha Jayanti to commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha, at the Dekanduwala Bhikkhuni training centre in Horana on May 8, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)
Buddhist monks walk along the Galle Face Green promenade in Colombo on May 22, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)
Sri Lankan Municipal health workers spray disinfectant to another colleague who conducted blood tests for COVID-19 antibody tests at a market place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 26, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)
A volunteer collects garbage on the beach as the business city of the country is seen at the background during an event to mark the World Environment Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 5, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
People lineup to collect free food during a nationwide curfew imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at a temple in Delgoda on May 9, 2020. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)
Sri Lankan Airforce soldiers check the body temperature of passengers at the fort main railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 26 May 2020. The Sri Lankan government announced on May 26 that an island-wide day time curfew would be lifted to restart the country's economic activities. The curfew was imposed for nearly two-month in order to slow down the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A Sri Lankan man wearing a face mask sits in the waiting area among rows of seats marked with signs abiding to the social distancing guidelines at the Department of Immigration and Emigration building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 29 May 2020. The Sri Lankan government has started lifting most of the restrictions implemented nearly two months ago in a bid to slow down the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, and is preparing for a full reopening of businesses and activities to avoid an economic slump. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)
Vehicles are seen during the first drive-in concert, where fans can watch the events from inside their vehicles at an Airforce camp, after Island-wide day time curfew been lifted to restart the country's economic activities which is almost two months locked down amidst concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 30, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
People wearing masks practice social distancing as they line up for public transport to go home at the end of a working day, after an island-wide daytime curfew has been lifted to restart the country's economic activities following almost two-month lockdown amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 3, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
An election official (L) behind a plastic sheet checks the identification card of a voter during a mock election to test the guidelines implemented against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Ingiriya of Kalutara District in Western Province on June 14, 2020. Sri Lanka will hold parliamentary elections on August 5, more than three months late because of the coronavirus, the election commission said June 10 after health authorities gave their approval. A mock election will be held this weekend to test new health measures that will be implemented at polling booths and counting centres, commission chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)
A Sri Lankan man use a scarf as a protective mask as he waits for a swab test at a locked-down area in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 14 May 2020. The Sri Lankan government has started lifting most of the restrictions implemented nearly two months ago in a bid to slow down the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the COVID-19 disease and is preparing for a full reopening of businesses and a resumption of activities to avoid an economic slump. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A Buddhist monk prays at the Kelaniya temple during the Poson Poya (full moon) religious festival marking the arrival of Buddhism in the island, on the outskirts of Colombo on June 5, 2020. Sri Lanka on June 5 marked a key Buddhist festival with a nation-wide 24-hour curfew as devotees were urged to remain indoors to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)
A member of Sri Lanka's St John's ambulance service drinks a beverage during a break in between a spraying of disinfectants at a public school to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 22, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)
A stranded Sri Lankan inquires about transportation from a government soldier in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 11, 2020. Sri Lanka's government asked state and private sector workers to resume work Monday after a nearly two-month coronavirus lockdown. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)
Group of Sri Lankan nurses leave after the International Nurses Day celebration at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Colombo, Sri Lanka,12 May 2020. The infectious disease hospital (IDH) is the main hospital in Sri Lanka to treat patients who are positive for coronavirus. International Nurses Day is marked annually to commemorate the birth anniversary of British nurse Florence Nightingale on 12 May 1820, who was the founder of modern nursing. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)
Policemen stand guard next to footwear scattered outside a warehouse, where three women were crushed to death in a stampede while waiting to receive a cash donation, in Colombo May 21, 2020. Three women who lined up to receive an eight dollar cash donation in Sri Lanka's curfew-bound capital were crushed to death in a stampede on May 21, police and residents said. About 1,000 men and women had formed separate queues outside a warehouse of a businessman to receive his annual cash donations during the holy month of Ramadan, local MP Mujibur Rahman said. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)
A Sri Lankan polling officer issues a ballot paper to a voter during a mock election ahead of the country's parliamentary poll in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 13, 2020. Sri Lanka's Election Commission set Aug. 5 as the new date for parliamentary elections after postponing them twice over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)
Passengers wearing facemasks travel on a train in Colombo on June 8, 2020, (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)
Sri Lankan polling officers sit behind a protective screen as they check the papers during a mock election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 20 June 2020. Sri Lankan Election commission conducts a mock election for voters in Colombo District to make the voters acquainted on how to vote according to the health quarantine regulations. Sri Lankan election commission has decided to hold the Parliamentary election on 05 August 2020 after it was postponed from 25 April and 20 June due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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