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Hundreds of anti-government protesters gather outside the President's office in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. Sri Lanka's embattled leader dropped two of his brothers and a nephew from his cabinet Monday, following public anger over the ruling family's mismanagement of a crippling economic crisis and calls for his resignation. IMAGES
Colombo, Nov 9 (EFE/EPA).- The Sri Lankan government announced Monday the easing of quarantine measures such as the curfew in Colombo and other parts of the country to restart economic activities amidst of the coronavirus pandemic. Sri Lanka has so far registered 13,929 cases of COVID-19 and 35 deaths due to the disease. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Images show the motorcade of Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the airport in Colombo, as he returns to the country seven weeks after he fled amid the island's worst-ever economic crisis. IMAGES
Images of a Saudia plane landing in Singapore thought to be carrying Sri Lanka president from the Maldives. Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka Wednesday after his palace was overrun by protesters at the weekend. IMAGES
Dozens of Sri Lankans gather outside the president's office in Colombo on Thursday morning as representatives of the anti-government demonstration said they were in talks to hand back official buildings they seized, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis. IMAGES
Police fire tear gas at protesters mobbing the Prime minister's residence in Colombo as crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country. IMAGES