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Activists stage a mock ritual to 'exorcise demons' outside the official residence of Sri Lanka's prime minister. AFP
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Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on Monday, with five people dead and some 180 injured. AFP
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Sri Lanka's pro-government supporters vandalise camps of anti government protestors outside the president's office in Colombo. AP Photo
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit on May 9 after a day of violence saw four people, including an MP, killed. AFP
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Government supporters armed with sticks and clubs attack protestors. AFP
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Demonstrators scuffle with police outside the president's office in Colombo. AFP
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Demonstrators and government supporters clash. AFP
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Police personnel stand guard outside the president's office. AFP
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Destroyed vehicles litter the street after anti-government protesters rioted in Colombo. AFP
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Pro-government supporters hold Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's portrait while protesting. AFP
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A bus burns close to Sri Lanka's outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo. AFP
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Anti-government protesters destroy a bus in Colombo. AFP
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Army personnel stand guard outside the president's office in Colombo. AFP
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Supporters of the Sri Lankan government attempt to block a police water canon truck. AFP
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People gather near a burning bus in Colombo. AFP
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Anti-government demonstrators set fire to the house owned by Cabinet Minister Sanath Nishantha. Reuters
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Sri Lankans push a bus, transporting government supporters who attacked anti-government protesters, into a lake in Colombo. AP Photo
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A policeman fires tear gas during a clash. AFP
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Monday over the country’s dire economic state and violence at mass protests outside his home in Colombo, his spokesman Rohan Weliwita said. AP
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Demonstrators and government supporters clash outside the official residence of Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, who offered his resignation to his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. AFP
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A man suffers after being sprayed with tear gas as cars burn on the streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. AP
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Paramilitary police arrive as demonstrators and government supporters clash. AFP
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Sri Lankan government supporters cheer outside the prime minister's residence in Colombo. AP
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Supporters of the ruling party run as riot police fire tear gas during clashes in Colombo, amid the country's economic crisis. Reuters
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A policeman stands guard in riot gear. AP
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Water cannon are fired during a confrontation with anti-government demonstrators. Reuters
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Supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling party run in Colombo as police fire tear gas during a clash with anti-government demonstrators. Reuters
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A Sri Lankan Catholic priest, centre in a white robe, is among anti-government protesters being attacked by supporters of the ruling party outside the prime minister's residence. AP
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Tears after anti-government protesters were attacked by supporters of the ruling party in Colombo. AP
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Violence flares between demonstrators and government supporters outside the president's office in Colombo. AFP
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Activists stage a mock ritual to 'exorcise demons' outside the official residence of Sri Lanka's prime minister. AFP
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Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on Monday, with five people dead and some 180 injured. AFP
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Sri Lanka's pro-government supporters vandalise camps of anti government protestors outside the president's office in Colombo. AP Photo
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit on May 9 after a day of violence saw four people, including an MP, killed. AFP
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Government supporters armed with sticks and clubs attack protestors. AFP
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Demonstrators scuffle with police outside the president's office in Colombo. AFP
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Demonstrators and government supporters clash. AFP
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Police personnel stand guard outside the president's office. AFP
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Destroyed vehicles litter the street after anti-government protesters rioted in Colombo. AFP
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Pro-government supporters hold Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's portrait while protesting. AFP
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A bus burns close to Sri Lanka's outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo. AFP
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Anti-government protesters destroy a bus in Colombo. AFP
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Army personnel stand guard outside the president's office in Colombo. AFP
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Supporters of the Sri Lankan government attempt to block a police water canon truck. AFP
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People gather near a burning bus in Colombo. AFP
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Anti-government demonstrators set fire to the house owned by Cabinet Minister Sanath Nishantha. Reuters
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Sri Lankans push a bus, transporting government supporters who attacked anti-government protesters, into a lake in Colombo. AP Photo
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A policeman fires tear gas during a clash. AFP
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Monday over the country’s dire economic state and violence at mass protests outside his home in Colombo, his spokesman Rohan Weliwita said. AP
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Demonstrators and government supporters clash outside the official residence of Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, who offered his resignation to his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. AFP
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A man suffers after being sprayed with tear gas as cars burn on the streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. AP
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Paramilitary police arrive as demonstrators and government supporters clash. AFP
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Sri Lankan government supporters cheer outside the prime minister's residence in Colombo. AP
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Supporters of the ruling party run as riot police fire tear gas during clashes in Colombo, amid the country's economic crisis. Reuters
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A policeman stands guard in riot gear. AP
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Water cannon are fired during a confrontation with anti-government demonstrators. Reuters
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Supporters of Sri Lanka's ruling party run in Colombo as police fire tear gas during a clash with anti-government demonstrators. Reuters
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A Sri Lankan Catholic priest, centre in a white robe, is among anti-government protesters being attacked by supporters of the ruling party outside the prime minister's residence. AP
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Tears after anti-government protesters were attacked by supporters of the ruling party in Colombo. AP
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Violence flares between demonstrators and government supporters outside the president's office in Colombo. AFP
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Activists stage a mock ritual to 'exorcise demons' outside the official residence of Sri Lanka's prime minister. AFP
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10 May, 2022
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