Sri Lankan police combat officers inspect an auto-rickshaw at a road checkpoint ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, in Colombo on September 19, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka will vote for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)