People gather at the main bus stand to catch a bus before curfew starts, after a clash between anti-government demonstrators and Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 12, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





An over crowded bus leaves the main bus stand before curfew starts, after a clash between anti-government demonstrators and Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 12, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A woman waits with a baby at the main bus stand to catch a bus before curfew starts, after a clash between anti-government demonstrators and Sri Lanka's ruling party supporters, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 12, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





People sit on empty Liquified Gas Cylinders (LPG) as they block a road to protest against shortage of fuel and cooking gas in Colombo on May 13, 2022. Sri Lankans have suffered months of severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine – as well as long power cuts – after the country burnt through foreign currency reserves needed to pay for vital imports. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A man carries a cooking gas cylinder purchased from a distribution centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Sri Lankans have been forced to wait in long lines to purchase scarce imported essentials such as medicines, fuel, cooking gas and food because of a severe foreign currency shortage. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A man participates in a protest outside a police station demanding petrol in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





An elderly woman sits outside a police station in a protest demanding cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A Sri Lankan army soldier stands guard on a street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Protesters attacked earlier this week by supporters of Sri Lanka’s government are demanding that the newly appointed prime minister arrest his predecessor for allegedly instigating the attack against them as they called for his resignation. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees take part in a religious observance on the Vesak full moon day at a temple in the Kelaniya suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 15 May 2022. Vesak is the full moon day of the month of May and is the most sacred day for Buddhists in Sri Lanka and around the world. Buddhists commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha on the full moon day. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)





Members of Socialist Youth Union shout slogans and march towards Sri Lanka's police headquarters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 16, 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday proposed to privatize the country’s loss-making national carrier as part of reforms to solve the country worst economic crisis in recent memory. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A driver of an autorickshaw sleeps inside his rickshaw while waiting in a line to buy petrol at a fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 16, 2022. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





People wait to buy petrol at a gas station amid fuel shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17 May 2022. Protests have been rocking the country for weeks, calling for the resignation of the president over the alleged failure to address the worsening current economic crisis. 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)





Police officers man a barricade at the entrance to the Sri Lankan parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Human rights activists walk to offer flowers to the sea in remembrance of victims of Sri Lanka's civil war, at the ongoing anti government protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered followers on Wednesday remembering thousands including ethnic Tamil civilians killed in the final stages of the country's long civil war, in the first-ever event where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese openly memorialised the minority group. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





An injured protestor grieves in pain as police fire tear gas to disperse protesting members of the Inter University Students Federation during an anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Sri Lankans have been protesting for more than a month demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, holding him responsible for the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





An injured student is carried by colleagues as police fire tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesting members of the Inter University Students Federation during an anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A student monk representing Inter University Students Federation shouts slogans during an anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A boy stands next to empty cylinders as he waits in a queue to buy domestic gas at a distribution centre, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 20, 2022. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A man waits in line to buy domestic gas tanks near a distributor, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A Sri Lankan woman waits in a deserted gas station, hoping to buy kerosene oil for cooking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Sri Lankans for months have been forced to stand in long lines to buy scarce essentials, with many returning home empty-handed. There is a severe shortage of many goods, from food, cooking gas, medicine and fuel to toilet paper and matchsticks. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)