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A Sri Lankan family rides a motorcycle past a flooded area in Gampaha, about 20 kilometres east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. At least 16 people have died in floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka following more than a week of heavy rain, officials said Wednesday. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan family rides a motorcycle past a flooded area in Gampaha, about 20 kilometres east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. At least 16 people have died in floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka following more than a week of heavy rain, officials said Wednesday. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



A Sri Lankan bread seller drives his cart through a flooded area in Gampaha, about 20 kilometres east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan bread seller drives his cart through a flooded area in Gampaha, about 20 kilometres east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



Residents wade through a flooded street after a heavy monsoon rainfall at Malwana, outside the capital Colombo on November 9, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

Residents wade through a flooded street after a heavy monsoon rainfall at Malwana, outside the capital Colombo on November 9, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



A vendor is seen in a broken mirror at a main market in Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 12, 2021. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

A vendor is seen in a broken mirror at a main market in Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 12, 2021. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



A military personnel (L) attends a ceremony to mark Poppy Day or Remembrance Day to pay respects to fallen war veterans from the two World Wars as well as from the internal Tamil separatist conflict, at the war memorial in Colombo on November 14, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

A military personnel (L) attends a ceremony to mark Poppy Day or Remembrance Day to pay respects to fallen war veterans from the two World Wars as well as from the internal Tamil separatist conflict, at the war memorial in Colombo on November 14, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



Children play in the Indian Ocean during sunset at a beach in Galle on November 20, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

Children play in the Indian Ocean during sunset at a beach in Galle on November 20, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



A fishermen pulls-in a fishing net on a beach in Galle on November 27, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

A fishermen pulls-in a fishing net on a beach in Galle on November 27, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



Sri Lankan air port workers stand next to a casket carrying remains of Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan employee who was lynched by a Muslim mob in Sialkot last week after unloading it from an aircraft in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, December 6, 2021. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

Sri Lankan air port workers stand next to a casket carrying remains of Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan employee who was lynched by a Muslim mob in Sialkot last week after unloading it from an aircraft in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, December 6, 2021. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



People inspect the single natural corundum (blue sapphire) named “Queen of Asia”, considered the largest found in the world, in Horana, some 45 km from Colombo on December 12, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

People inspect the single natural corundum (blue sapphire) named “Queen of Asia”, considered the largest found in the world, in Horana, some 45 km from Colombo on December 12, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



A Sri Lankan police officer, facing camera, hugs to console a relative of a victim at a police station in Thirukkovil, Sri Lanka, Saturday, December 25, 2021. A policeman has opened fire on a group of fellow officers in Sri Lanka, killing four of them and wounding three others. The shooting occurred Friday night inside a police station in the small town of Thirukkovil in eastern Sri Lanka, a police statement said. (Photo by Achala Pussalla/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan police officer, facing camera, hugs to console a relative of a victim at a police station in Thirukkovil, Sri Lanka, Saturday, December 25, 2021. A policeman has opened fire on a group of fellow officers in Sri Lanka, killing four of them and wounding three others. The shooting occurred Friday night inside a police station in the small town of Thirukkovil in eastern Sri Lanka, a police statement said. (Photo by Achala Pussalla/AP Photo)



Worshipers attend the Christmas Eve midnight mass at The Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka in Ragama suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25 December 2021. Approximately 1.4 million Catholics in Sri Lanka, representing about 7.1 percent of the total population, celebrate Christmas. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)

Worshipers attend the Christmas Eve midnight mass at The Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka in Ragama suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25 December 2021. Approximately 1.4 million Catholics in Sri Lanka, representing about 7.1 percent of the total population, celebrate Christmas. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)



A slow shutter speed picture showing Sri Lankan children's writing «2022» with firecrackers during New Year's celebrations in Colombo, Sri​ Lanka, 31 December 2021. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)

A slow shutter speed picture showing Sri Lankan children's writing «2022» with firecrackers during New Year's celebrations in Colombo, Sri​ Lanka, 31 December 2021. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)



Sri Lanka's main opposition activists hold torches during a demonstration to denounce the shortage of cooking gas, kerosene oil and a few other commodities as the country faces a major foreign exchange crisis, in Colombo on January 5, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

Sri Lanka's main opposition activists hold torches during a demonstration to denounce the shortage of cooking gas, kerosene oil and a few other commodities as the country faces a major foreign exchange crisis, in Colombo on January 5, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



Sri Lankans wait in a queue for a refill of their cooking gas cylinders in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Sri Lanka has paid $500 million due on sovereign bonds from its badly depleted foreign reserves despite calls by experts to defer the payment and use the sum to import essential foods and medicine. The Indian ocean island nation is in its worst crisis in decades, with people facing shortages of essentials like milk powder, cooking gas and kerosene. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

Sri Lankans wait in a queue for a refill of their cooking gas cylinders in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Sri Lanka has paid $500 million due on sovereign bonds from its badly depleted foreign reserves despite calls by experts to defer the payment and use the sum to import essential foods and medicine. The Indian ocean island nation is in its worst crisis in decades, with people facing shortages of essentials like milk powder, cooking gas and kerosene. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



A school girl reacts as a health worker inoculates her with the dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus for the 12-15 years age group at an educational institution in Colombo on January 7, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

A school girl reacts as a health worker inoculates her with the dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus for the 12-15 years age group at an educational institution in Colombo on January 7, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



Schoolgirls in the 12-15 year age group queue up to get themselves inoculated with the jab of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at an educational institution in Colombo on January 7, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)

Schoolgirls in the 12-15 year age group queue up to get themselves inoculated with the jab of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at an educational institution in Colombo on January 7, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)



Wild elephants scavenge for food at an open landfill in Pallakkadu village in Ampara district, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) east of the capital Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, January 6, 2022. Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in the open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead over the weekend. Around 20 elephants have died over the last eight years after consuming plastic trash in the dump. Examinations of the dead animals showed they had swallowed large amounts of nondegradable plastic that is found in the garbage dump, wildlife veterinarian Nihal Pushpakumara said. (Photo by Achala Pussalla/AP Photo)

Wild elephants scavenge for food at an open landfill in Pallakkadu village in Ampara district, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) east of the capital Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, January 6, 2022. Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in the open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead over the weekend. Around 20 elephants have died over the last eight years after consuming plastic trash in the dump. Examinations of the dead animals showed they had swallowed large amounts of nondegradable plastic that is found in the garbage dump, wildlife veterinarian Nihal Pushpakumara said. (Photo by Achala Pussalla/AP Photo)



Sri Lankan soldiers dressed in traditional costumes carry nation al flags during the Independence Day celebration in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, February 4, 2022. Sri Lankans celebrated it‚ independence day on Friday as the island nation‚ president made an appeal to the country‚ expatriates to send money home as the country struggles in the throes of its worst economic crisis. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

Sri Lankan soldiers dressed in traditional costumes carry nation al flags during the Independence Day celebration in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, February 4, 2022. Sri Lankans celebrated it‚ independence day on Friday as the island nation‚ president made an appeal to the country‚ expatriates to send money home as the country struggles in the throes of its worst economic crisis. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



A Mahout cleans an elephant at a public park ahead of the nawam maha Perahera in colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 15, 2022. The Nawam Maha Perahera will be held on February 15 and 16 at the Gangarama Viharaya in Colombo. (Photo by Pradeep Dambarage/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A Mahout cleans an elephant at a public park ahead of the nawam maha Perahera in colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 15, 2022. The Nawam Maha Perahera will be held on February 15 and 16 at the Gangarama Viharaya in Colombo. (Photo by Pradeep Dambarage/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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