A rail worker fixing a fog warning notice at South Woodford Railway Station in Essex. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 20th October 1938

Triumph International's lingere set of bra and underwear come with a lock attached to the shorts and a key for the woman to give the key to her beloved on November 24, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)

New Zealand Paralympic swimmer Cameron Leslie poses for portrait at the Millennium Pool on March 26, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Johnston/Getty Images)

US actress Alexandra Daddario attends the “Baywatch” Photo Call in Berlin on May 30, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)

Competitors in the Big Air challenge at the Proryv-2016 festival of extreme sports in Moscow, Russia on March 27, 2016. (Photo by Xinhua/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

People move on a tractor through a flooded street amid severe flooding in Feni, Bangladesh, on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

A new monorail service in Houston, Texas, ready for its inaugural service. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

Sri Lanka officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. Known until 1972 as Ceylon Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest.