Demonstrators sleep in a bedroom at the President's house, on the following day after demonstrators entered the building, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





People sit on a couch inside the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's official residence, which was stormed by protesters over the weekend, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 12, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





People wait in a queue to collect Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders at a distribution point in Colombo on July 12, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





People sing songs inside the prime minister's official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 12 July 2022, three days after official residences were stormed. Sri Lankan president and prime minister agreed to resign after a party leaders' meeting during a day of massive anti-government protests. Thousands of protesters on 09 July broke through police barricades and stormed the President's palace, President's secretariat, and the prime minister's official residences. Protest have been rocking the country over months, calling for the resignation of the president and prime minister over the alleged failure to address the worst economic crisis in decades. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)





A driver of an autorickshaw sleeps inside his rickshaw while waiting in a queue to buy petrol at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. A weekend of political chaos in Sri Lanka stretched into Monday, with opposition leaders yet to agree on replacements for embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his prime minister, whose residences remain occupied by protesters angered by the country’s economic collapse. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





People quarrel as they wait in a queue to collect Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders at a distribution point in Colombo on July 12, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Police use tear gas to disperse the protesters who stormed the compound of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe 's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Sri Lanka’s president fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only hours before he promised to resign under pressure from protesters enraged by a devastating economic crisis. But the crowds quickly trained their ire on the prime minister, storming his office and demanding he also go. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Members of the police stand guard during a protest outside the office of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 13, 2022. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Demonstrators celebrate after they entered into Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's office during a protest demanding for his resignation, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 13, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A demonstrator pours water on a man during a protest outside the office of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 13, 2022. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Demonstrators carry an injured person during a clash in front of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's office at a protest demanding for his resignation, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 13, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A protester sits on a chair surrounded by others after storming the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Protesters shout slogans before storming the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Sri Lanka’s president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A protester shouts slogans as he joins others to storm the compound of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Rajapaksa fled on a military jet on Wednesday after angry protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas. Wickremesinghe quickly declared a nationwide state of emergency to counter swelling protests over the country's economic and political collapse. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A protester helps another after police fired teargas to disperse them before they stormed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Protesters storm the compound of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





People wait to enter the presidential palace in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Sri Lanka’s president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Police walk at the lawn of the office building of Sri Lanka's prime minister in Colombo on July 13, 2022, a day after thousands of anti-government protesters stormed into Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office after he was named acting president. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Military officers make their way to an anti-government protest at the prime minister's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The state of emergency was imposed by acting president Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as police clash with protesters after President Rajapaksa has fled the island nation. The leadership vacuum may delay bailout talks with IMF. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg)





Special force soldiers patrol a road that leads to the parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters began to retreat from government buildings they had seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday, establishing a tenuous calm in a country in both economic meltdown and political limbo. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)