A man waits to buy kerosene oil standing by a line of empty canisters placed outside a fuel station amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lankans have endured months of shortages of food, fuel and other necessities due to the country’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves and mounting debt, worsened by the pandemic and other longer term troubles. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A woman cooks using a firewood hearth outside her house amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Motorists queue along a street to buy fuel at a Ceylon petroleum corporation fuel station in.Pugoda, some 50 km from Colombo on June 23, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A man cooks food with firewood for his roadside eatery, amid shortage of cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Sri Lanka's prime minister says the island nation's debt-laden economy has “collapsed” as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A man pulls fallen coconut leaves to be used as firewood amid shortage of cooking gas along a usually congested road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A daily wage laborer waits for work at a wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A laborer pulls a cart load of imported rice at a wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A daily wage laborer naps by a a closed shop as he waits for work at a wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 26, 2022. Sri Lankans have endured months of shortages of food, fuel and other necessities due to the country's dwindling foreign exchange reserves and mounting debt, worsened by the pandemic and other longer term troubles. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





People wait in their three-wheelers in a queue after receiving tokens to buy petrol due to fuel shortage, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 27, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





People wait in a queue after receiving tokens to buy petrol due to fuel shortage, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 27, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A man pushes a three-wheeler in a queue after receiving a token to buy petrol due to fuel shortage, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 27, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





People to buy Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders near the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle on June 28, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





People wait under a temporary tent in a queue after receiving tokens to buy petrol amid a fuel shortage, during the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 28, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Demonstrators who blocked a main road with their vehicle to demand fuel near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence, argue with a police officer, during the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 29, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





People try to get board a crowded bus amid fuel shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Sri Lanka's ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund have been complex and difficult than the instances before because it has entered talks as a bankrupt nation, the country's prime minister said Tuesday. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Bicycles given to be repaired are seen outside a workshop amid fuel shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Auto rickshaw drivers wait to buy fuel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Three-wheelers queue to buy petrol due to fuel shortage, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 5 2022.. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Security forces use tear gas and water cannons to disperse an anti-government protest rally, calling for the resignation of the president over the alleged failure to address the economic crisis, near the President's house in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 08 July 2022. The Sri Lankan government imposed a curfew for the capital Colombo until further notice after protesters clashed with police. Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis in decades due to the lack of foreign reserves, resulting in severe shortages in food, fuel, medicine, and imported goods. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People attend an anti government protest rally, calling for the resignation of the president over the alleged failure to address the economic crisis, near the President's house in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 09 July 2022. Protests have been rocking the country for over three months, calling for the resignation of the president and prime minister over the alleged failure to address the economic crisis. Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis in decades due to the lack of foreign reserves, resulting in severe shortages in food, fuel, medicine, and imported goods. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)