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epa10070339 Sri Lankan Army soldiers rest in front of the Parliament entrance in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 14 July 2022. The protesters finally vacate from the President Palace, Prime Minister's Resident, Prime Minister's office on 14 July after five days of their incursion. Thousands of protesters broke through police barricades and stormed in to the President Palace, President office, Prime Minister's Resident and Prime Minister's office on 09 July. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan authorities declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the Western Province of the country on 13 July. According to the speaker of parliament, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has authorised the prime minister Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to carry out presidential duties after the president fled to the Maldives amid months of protests against the economic crisis. EPA/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE