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Gas lines and scuffles: Sri Lanka faces humanitarian crisis

Empty gas canisters are seen placed in a queue by the Galle International Cricket Stadium as ground staff prepare the pitch a day ahead of the first test cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) People wait hoping to receive cooking gas and fuel outside the 17th century built Dutch fortress, opposite Galle International Cricket Stadium ahead of the first test cricket matches between Australia and Sri Lanka in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A man rides a bicycle with a boy, as empty gas canisters are seen placed in a queue by the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A man uses a padlock to secure his empty cooking gas canister placed in a queue expecting government supply in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) People eat their breakfast while sitting by a line of empty gas canisters that are placed outside the Galle International Cricket Stadium, the venue for the test cricket matches between Australia and Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) People wait to buy fuel at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 27, 2022. Sri Lanka is sending two ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel — one of the necessities that the Indian ocean island nation has almost run out of amid its ongoing economic crisis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Army soldiers register people who are waiting to buy fuel at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 27, 2022. Sri Lanka is sending two ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel — one of the necessities that the Indian ocean island nation has almost run out of amid its ongoing economic crisis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)