Police fires tear gas shells to disperse protesting students in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Friday, July 8, 2022. (Photo by Amitha Thennakoon/AP Photo)





Protesters react after police fired tear gas to disperse them in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign forced their way into his official residence on Saturday, a local television report said, as thousands of people took to the streets in the capital decrying the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory. (Photo by Amitha Thennakoon/AP Photo)





Police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators during a protest demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country's economic crisis, near the president's residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 9, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





An injured protester during 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. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Protesters stand on a vandalised police water canon truck and shout slogans at the entrance to president's official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Protesters inside the president's official residence premises during the anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 09 July 2022. Thousands of protesters broke through police barricades and stormed the president's official residence during the anti government protest in Colombo. 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/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Demonstrators protest inside the President's House premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 9, 2022. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Protesters shout slogans in front of the president's official residence premises during the anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 09 July 2022. Thousands of protesters broke through police barricades and stormed the president's official residence during the anti government protest in Colombo. 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/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Protesters, many carrying Sri Lankan flags, gather outside the presidents office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence and nearby office on Saturday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Colombo in the biggest demonstration yet to vent their fury against a leader they hold responsible for the island nation's worst economic crisis. (Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/AP Photo)





A demonstrator shows a dog as the new “Wildlife Minister” at the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's cabinet meeting room, 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)





A member of security personnel inspects a police vehicle, a day after it was vandalised by the protestors in front of the residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, in Colombo on July 10, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters set the prime minister's private home on fire, hours after chasing the president from his residence, as months of frustration over an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over on July 9. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





In this photograph taken on July 9, 2022, firefighters try to douse a fire at the residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister during protests in Colombo. Sri Lankan protesters set the prime minister's private home on fire, hours after chasing the president from his residence, as months of frustration over an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over on July 9. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





People throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. A political vacuum continues in Sri Lanka with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters angry over the country's deep economic woes. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Protesters sit on sofa inside the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fourth days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a monthslong economic crisis that triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Sri Lanka army officer stands guard as a protester sits on the table inside the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fourth days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





People use gym equipment as they throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence on the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Policemen stand guard during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





People take pictures at President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence on the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)





Protesters shout slogans against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa outside his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)