A man travels in a train as the Colombo harbour is seen, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 20, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Sri Lankan police personnel stand guard behind police barricade during the occupy protest in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25 April 2022. Thousands of protesters stage day and night protests in front of the Presidential Secretariat calling for the resignation of the president 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, as Sri Lankan officials said Sri Lanka announces default on all of its 51 billion USD external debt. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)





People shout slogans against the government during an ongoing protest outside president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans have protested outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office in recent weeks, demanding that he and his brother, Mahinda, who is prime minister, quit for leading the island into its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Trade unions protest during a nationwide strike demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his cabinet, blaming them for creating the country's worst economic crisis in decades, in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 28, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Buddhist monks arrive for a meeting at Colombo's Independence Memorial Hall in Colombo on April 30, 2022, to express their solidarity with countrymen demonstrating against the government over the country's crippling economic crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Buddhist monks participate in an anti-government demonstration outside the President's office in Colombo on May 3, 2022, demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksas resignation over the country's crippling economic crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





Sri Lankan motorists queue up to buy fuel outside a gas station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 5, 2022.Sri Lanka's economy is in dire straits with its usable foreign reserves down to less than $50 million, the country's finance minister said. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk sitting on a police barricade cracks a joke about lawmakers during a protest outside parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Sri Lanka’s beleaguered government won a key vote in Parliament on Thursday as a ruling coalition-backed candidate was elected deputy speaker, despite growing public pressure on the government amid the worst economic crisis in decades. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Police use tear gas to disperse University students protesting to demand the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, near the parliament building in Colombo on May 6, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A man blocks an intersection demanding cooking gas cylinders in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Diplomats and rights groups expressed concern Saturday after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency and police used force against peaceful protesters amid the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Enraged crowd loot a truck transporting cooking gas cylinders in Colombo on May 8, 2022, who had been waiting in line overnight for supplies. Outnumbered police watched helplessly as men climbed onto the truck and got away with 84 cylinders of gas, officials said. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





A man shouts slogans demanding cooking gas cylinders as a group of people block an intersection protesting against shortages of essentials in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





An anti-government protestor, left, is roughed up Sri Lankan government supporters outside prime minister's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, an official said. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Supporters of Sri Lankan government attempt to block a police water canon truck during a clash with anti government protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. Government supporters on Monday attacked protesters who have been camped outside the office of Sri Lanka's prime minster, as trade unions began a “Week of Protests” demanding the government change and its president to step down over the country's worst economic crisis in memory. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A Sri Lankan man reacts to tear gas as he walks past the vandalized site of anti-government protests outside president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Police officers pull an anti-government demonstrator during a clash with supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling party, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Anti-government protesters help a fellow protester who was beaten up by government supporters during a clash in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A Sri Lankan woman cries after anti-government protesters were attacked by government supporters outside president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





A policeman fires tear gas during a clash between government supporters and demonstrators outside the President's office in Colombo on May 9, 2022. Police imposed an indefinite curfew in Sri Lanka's capital on May 9 after government supporters clashed with demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)





An injured Sri Lankan Buddhist monk is being carried away who among many other anti-government protesters were injured after attacked by government supporters outside prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)