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Pressure mounts on Sri Lanka leader to quit as crisis grows

Sri Lankans protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government resign near presidential secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans protest demanding the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A Sri Lankan woman protests demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government resign near presidential secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans assemble outside the president's office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans gathered in the country's main business district to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans assemble outside the president's office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans gathered in the country's main business district to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans Catholic nuns protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Christian clergy marched into the capital to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans Catholic priests protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Christian clergy marched into the capital to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans protest outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans gathered in the country's main business district to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans protest outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans gathered in the country's main business district to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans protest demanding the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans protest outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans gathered in the country's main business district to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Pressure mounts on Sri Lanka leader to quit as crisis grows