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epa10085998 Protestors wait near the President's secretariat after Sri Lankan Army soldiers forcibly evicted protesters from the premises, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22 July 2022. The Sri Lankan parliament elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President of Sri Lanka on 20 July, after accepting the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore through the Maldives following months of anti-government protests fueled by the ongoing economic crisis. Protests have been affecting the country for over four months as Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis in decades due to the lack of foreign reserves, resulting in severe shortages in food, fuel, medicine, and imported goods EPA/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE