A woman comforts a baby with water in a tub during the power cut as many parts of the country currently face long power cuts, as currency shortage makes fuel scarce, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 31, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A demonstrator participates in a protest of hundreds of people outside Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's home to call for his stepping down as the country's unprecedented economic crisis worsened in Colombo, on March 31, 2022. The protest trying to storm the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa turned violent on March 31, 2022, with at least one man critically wounded, as residents slammed the government's handling of the country's crippling economic crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Sri Lankan army soldiers arrive at the vandalised neighbourhood of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapksa's private residence after overnight clashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 1, 2022. Dozens of people were arrested in Sri Lanka following protests near the president's home demanding that he resign amid the country's worst economic crisis in memory, police said Friday. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A soldier examines the charred out remains inside a burnt-out bus near Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's home in Colombo on April 1, 2022. Security forces were deployed across the Sri Lankan capital on April 1 after protesters tried to storm the president's home in anger at the nation's worst economic crisis since independence. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A Sri Lankan woman participates in a protest against the economic crisis, before the beginning of curfew in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 2, 2022. Sri Lanka imposed a countrywide curfew starting Saturday evening until Monday morning, in addition to a state of emergency declared by the president, in an attempt to prevent more unrest after protesters took to the streets blaming the government for the worsening economic crisis. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Sri Lankans crowd a grocery store before the beginning of curfew in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A Sri Lankan woman crosses a street, before the beginning of curfew in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A Sri Lankan police officer checks identity of commuters during a curfew in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 3, 2022. Opposition lawmakers were marching Sunday protesting against the president's move to impose a curfew and state of emergency amid a worsening economic crisis. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Sri Lankan army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint after the government imposed a curfew following a clash between police and protestors near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence during a protest last Thursday, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 3, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A pet carries a placard at a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a residential area after the government imposed a curfew following a clash between police and protestors near the President's residence during a protest amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 3, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A crow flies by as a Sri Lankan army soldier stands guard on a main road after the government imposed a curfew following a clash between police and protestors near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence during a protest last Thursday, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 3, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





People stage a protest at a roadside against the current economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 04 April 2022. Sri Lankans staging series protests across the country demanding that the president resign after accusing him of failing to address the current economic crisis. Sri Lankan government decaled a state of public emergency amid rising protests. Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades due to the lack of foreign exchange, resulting in severe shortages in food, fuel, medicine, and imported goods. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)





A plain clothed government security agent photographs Sri Lankans protesting demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 4, 2022. Sri Lanka’s president on Monday invited all political parties represented in Parliament to accept ministries after his Cabinet resigned amid public protests over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory that has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicines. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Sri Lanka police officers wearing gas masks stand guard on a road leading to the parliament building, after the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa lost its majority, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 5, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Sri Lankan Catholic clergy protest against the economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers called Tuesday for the appointment of an interim government, warning that a failure to do so would lead to violence and anarchy, as demonstrators continue to demand the resignation of Rajapaksa over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Catholic nuns hold placards against Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, after his government lost its majority in the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis, near the Bishop's house in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 5, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A man holding a national flag protests demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. A group of Sri Lankan governing party lawmakers called Tuesday for the appointment of an interim government, warning that a failure to do so would lead to violence and anarchy, as demonstrators continue to demand the resignation of Rajapaksa over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Police officers try to stop medical students as they protest against Sri Lanka's crippling economic crisis, outside the Health Ministry in Colombo on April 6, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A man rests while waiting in a line to buy diesel near a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 7, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Sri Lankans queue up to purchase kerosene oil near a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 7, 2022. A medical professional body in Sri Lanka warned Thursday that even emergency treatment in hospitals will not be possible in coming weeks if not days if medicinal drugs and equipment are not received urgently, leading to a “catastrophic number of deaths”. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in memory with an acute foreign currency crisis leading to sever shortage of essentials like medicines, foods, fuel, cooking gas and power cuts lasting hours. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)