Police, Protesters Continue to Clash in Sri Lanka

A demonstrators tries to douse a tear gas canister fired by police to disperse Higher National Diploma (HND) students protesting to demand the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 21, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Police use tear gas to disperse Higher National Diploma (HND) students during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 21, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

A demonstrator helps another to rinse his face with water after police fired tear gas canisters to disperse Higher National Diploma (HND) students during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 21, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

A policeman fires tear gas to disperse university students protesting to demand the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 19, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Police use water cannons to disperse university students protesting to demand the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 19, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

A demonstrator throws back a tear gas canister fired by the police to disperse university students protesting to demand the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 19, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

University students (R) shout at police during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 19, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)