The protesters stormed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office after the president fled the country without resigning.

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Over the weekend, protesters seized the president’s home and office and the official residence of the prime minister following months of demonstrations that have all but dismantled the Rajapaksa family’s political dynasty, which ruled Sri Lanka for most of the past two decades.

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