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Supporters of Sri Lanka's Marxist-Leninist "People's Liberation Front" party hold a rally to mark May Day in Colombo. May Day, which is also known as Labour Day or International Workers' Day, is marked across the world by protests and demonstrations demanding fair pay and better conditions for workers. IMAGES
Images show the motorcade of Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the airport in Colombo, as he returns to the country seven weeks after he fled amid the island's worst-ever economic crisis. IMAGES
Dozens of Sri Lankans gather outside the president's office in Colombo on Thursday morning as representatives of the anti-government demonstration said they were in talks to hand back official buildings they seized, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis. IMAGES
Vehicles were torched and protesters clashed with police in a night of violence outside the Sri Lankan president's home on Thursday as anger built against a dire economic crisis. IMAGES
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Oct 6 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) Members of the Sri Lankan teachers' union demonstrated to demand improvements in their salaries, a request they have made for some time.Teachers and managers in Sri Lanka have been on strike for 86 days as they have not seen solutions to their demands.FOOTAGE OF THE TEACHERS' DEMONSTRATION HELD IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.