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Sri Lanka marks independence anniversary amid economic woes

The motorcade carrying Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and First Lady Maithree arrives for the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lanka's First Lady Maithree Wickremesinghe arrives for the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe hoists the national flag as chief of defence staff Gen. Shavendra Silva, left, army commander Gen. Vikum Liyange, second left, and police chief Chandana Wickremeratne watch during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe greets school children as airforce commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana, background left, and police chief Chandana Wickremeratne, right, watch during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe attends the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan army soldiers march carrying national flags during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Brass band members of the Sri Lankan army's commando regiment march during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lanka army commando regiment soldiers march during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe attends the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan army paratroopers crash land into the Indian ocean during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe stands for the Tamil version of the country's national anthem as, from left, chief of defence staff Gen. Shavendra Silva, army commander Gen. Vikum Liyange, navy commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, airforce commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana and police chief Chandana Wickremeratne salute during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan army paratroopers crash land into the Indian ocean during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lanka army women's corp soldiers march during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lanka army women's corp soldiers march during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe prepares to leave after the 75th Independence Day ceremony as from left, chief of defence staff Gen. Shavendra Silva, army commander Gen. Vikum Liyange, navy commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, airforce commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana and police chief Chandana Wickremeratne salute during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan government soldiers march carrying national flags during the 75th Independence Day ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka marks the anniversary of independence from British colonial rule on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) FILE - A ferry berths as a partially illuminated Colombo Lotus Tower, a multi complex digital transmission tower, is reflected in the water, a day after its opening in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Sri Lanka marked its 75th independence anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, as a bankrupt nation, with many citizens angry, anxious and in no mood to celebrate. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)