A man waits with others to cast their ballots to vote in Sri Lanka's presidential election at a polling station in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka began voting 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 Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)