Sri Lanka lawmakers to pick new president but no deal on PM

A boy tries to lift an empty cylinder as he along with others wait in a queue to buy domestic gas at a distribution center, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. A political vacuum continues in Sri Lanka with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters angry over the country’s deep economic woes. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)