- Title: CITYSHOTS: Colombo, Sri Lanka's commercial capital
- Date: 1st September 2022
- Summary: COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 18, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT SRI LANKAN NATIONAL FLAG FLYING VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA TRAFFIC OUTSIDE CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA VARIOUS OF CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA BUILDINGS COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 22, 2022) (REUTERS) AUTO-RICKSHAWS DRIVING ON ROAD NEAR CONSTRUCTION SITE, LOTUS TOWER IN BACKGROUND TOP OF LOTUS TOWER COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 21, 2022) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING BY BUDDHA STATUE INSIDE GLASS CASE NEAR FORT RAILWAY STATION SIGN READING (English): "FORT RAILWAY STATION" EXTERIOR OF FORT RAILWAY STATION PEOPLE WALKING OUT OF FORT RAILWAY STATION EXTERIOR OF FORT RAILWAY STATION PEOPLE QUEUING AT TICKET COUNTER OF FORT RAILWAY STATION COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 22, 2022) (REUTERS) TRAIN ARRIVING AT PLATFORM OF FORT RAILWAY STATION VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS GETTING ONTO TRAIN PASSENGERS WALKING BY ON PLATFORM, PASSENGERS INSIDE TRAIN TRAIN LEAVING PLATFORM PASSENGERS HANGING ONTO MOVING TRAIN TRAIN LEAVING VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS ON MOVING TRAIN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 21, 2022) (REUTERS) BUDDHA STATUES AT TEMPLE PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET NEAR VEGETABLE MARKET VENDORS AND PEOPLE AT MARKET PEOPLE WALKING PAST NEWSPAPER KIOSK MAN SMOKING CIGARETTE AT NEWSPAPER KIOSK PINEAPPLES AT MARKET PEOPLE SHOPPING FOR PINEAPPLES PEOPLE INSIDE VEGETABLE MARKET MAN SELLING POTATOES MAN BUYING COCONUTS FROM VENDOR PUBLIC BUSES AND TRAFFIC ON ROAD NEAR PETTAH MARKET AUTO-RICKSHAW DRIVING PAST PEOPLE WALKING IN PETTAH MARKET VARIOUS OF VENDORS AT PETTAH MARKET PEOPLE WALKING IN PETTAH MARKET VARIOUS OF VENDORS AT PETTAH MARKET PEOPLE LOOKING AT PRODUCTS ON DISPLAY AT PETTAH MARKET COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 22, 2022) (REUTERS) TOP OF VICTORIA MEMORIAL EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL TRAFFIC DRIVING PAST VICTORIA MEMORIAL EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL TRAFFIC AT ROUNDABOUT VARIOUS OF AUTO-RICKSHAW DRIVERS STANDING NEXT TO THEIR VEHICLES IN QUEUE OUTSIDE PETROL STATION VARIOUS OF AUTO-RICKSHAW DRIVERS PUSHING THEIR VEHICLES WHILST MOVING IN QUEUE MAN LOWERING ROPE BARRIER, MOTORISTS PUSHING THEIR MOTORCYCLES INTO PETROL STATION MAN STANDING OUTSIDE LANKA IOC PETROL STATION PETROL STATION STAFF FUELLING VEHICLE COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 21, 2022) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WATCHING CRICKET GAME THROUGH FENCE PEOPLE SITTING ON LEDGE AND WATCHING CRICKET GAME CRICKET PLAYER BATTING AND RUNNING SPECTATORS SITTING ON STEPS AND WATCHING CRICKET GAME MAN AND WOMAN SITTING ON BENCH IN FRONT OF LAKE AT COLOMBO FORT PLANTS IN LAKE SWAN BOATS AT SHORE SKYLINE AND LAKE COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 21, 2022) (REUTERS) PEOPLE AT GALLE FACE GREEN PARK NEAR PORT GRAFFITI READING (English): "POWERTOTHEPEOPLE" PEOPLE SITTING ON STONES IN FRONT OF WALL WITH GRAFFITI SRI LANKAN NATIONAL FLAG FLYING SRI LANKAN NATIONAL FLAG ON FLAG POLE AT GALLE FACE GREEN CONCRETE WALKWAY AT GALLE FACE GREEN NEXT TO SHORE PEOPLE GATHERED AT SUNSET AT GALLE FACE GREEN PEOPLE AT BEACH OF GALLE FACE GREEN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 27, 2022) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HINDU TEMPLE KOVIL KIRULAPANA AMMAN MAN PRAYING VARIOUS OF WOMEN PRAYING WHILE HOLDING COCONUTS CONTAINING CANDLES PEOPLE PRAYING OUTSIDE TEMPLE PRIEST PERFORMING RITUAL WITH CANDLES PRIEST HOLDING TRAY CONTAINING LIT LAMP PRIEST BLESSING PEOPLE PEOPLE AT TEMPLE COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 28, 2022) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HOLY ROSARY CHURCH CROSS ON ROOF OF CHURCH MAN HOLDING CANDLE AND PRAYING MAN WALKING TOWARDS STATUE OF SAINT PRIEST LEADING WORSHIP INSIDE CHURCH VARIOUS OF PRIEST LEADING PRAYERS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING MASS ROAD LEADING TO HOLY ROSARY CHURCH COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 26, 2022) (REUTERS) DOME AND MINARETS OF DEWATAGAHA MOSQUE TRAFFIC OUTSIDE MOSQUE MEN SEATED INSIDE MOSQUE DURING PRAYERS IMAM OFFERING PRAYERS VARIOUS OF MEN LISTENING TO SERMON AND PRAYERS MEN BOWING DURING PRAYERS VARIOUS OF GOLDEN BUDDHA STATUES ALONG LAKE PEOPLE INSIDE GANGARAMAYA BUDDHIST TEMPLE MAN AND WOMAN READING PRAYER SCRIPT MAN AND WOMAN PRAYING OIL LAMPS PEOPLE WALKING UP STEPS TO WORSHIP BUDDHA STATUE WOMEN PRESENTING FLOWERS AT BUDDHA STATUE EXTERIOR OF GANGARAMAYA TEMPLE COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 21, 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOT) (MUTE) TIME-LAPSE OF GALLE FACE GREEN AT SUNSET, LIGHTS AT PORT TURNING ON AT NIGHT AND RAIN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (RECENT - AUGUST 28, 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) TRAFFIC MOVING VARIOUS OF BUILDINGS
- Embargoed: 15th September 2022 05:28
- Keywords: b-roll city cityshots colombo landmarks sri lanka train
- Location: COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
- City: COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
- Country: Sri Lanka
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001052625082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Colombo is Sri Lanka's biggest city and a major port, with a rich colonial heritage, gardens, lively markets, modern buildings and a beach.
With a population of 5.6 million, the Sri Lankan commercial capital has witnessed mass protests in recent months triggered by the worst economic crisis the country has seen in decades, that forced former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country.
Queues are still visible outside gas stations, as a dire shortage of foreign exchange has stalled imports and left the country short of fuel, medicines and hit by rolling power cuts.
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