Months of lengthy blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines have infuriated the public, with huge protests demanding the government's resignation turning violent this week
People queue up to buy kerosine for domestic use at a supply station after authorities relaxed the ongoing curfew for a few hours in Colombo on May 12, 2022. The country of 22 million people is in its worst economic crisis since independence with severe shortages of food, fuel and medicines and long power cuts. (Credits: ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)