Heavy security surrounds Sri Lanka s presidential office on Friday morning following the swearing in of the country s new leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. (July 22) (AP video/Rishi Lekhi)
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 three-month economic crisis that triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. (July 13) (AP video/Rishi Lekhi and Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lanka s president has fled the country, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil (July 13) (AP video/Rishi Lekhi, Eranga Jayawardena)