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Volunteer beach cleaner Russ Lewis holds detritus of shipping container spills washed up on Washington's Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Wash., Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?

By Christina Larson, Helen Wieffering and Manuel Valdes - Associated Press

National People's power lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya, 54, left, takes oath for the post of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister in front of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Sri Lanka Government Information Department via AP)

Sri Lanka’s new leader appoints the first female prime minister in 24 years

By Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

Leader and the presidential candidate of National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives at a polling station to cast his vote in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake claims victory in Sri Lanka’s presidential election

By Krishan Francis and Shiekh Saaliq - Associated Press

Sri Lankan show their baby fingers marked with an indelible ink after casting their vote at a polling center for presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Voting ends in Sri Lanka to choose a president and a way out of years of turmoil

By Krishan Francis, Sheikh Saaliq and Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

A bird flies past gantry cranes working at the Colombo port, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Sri Lanka’s presidential election a test for current leader, 2 years after its economy hit bottom

By Bharatha Mallawarachi and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

England's Olly Stone celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka during day two of the second Rothesay Men's Test cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's, London, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Seamers drive home England’s dominance of Sri Lanka in second test after Atkinson’s century

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England's Jamie Smith celebrates after reaching 100 runs and his first Test hundred during day three of the First Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Thursday Aug. 22, 2024. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

England moves into dominant position against Sri Lanka after first test century for Jamie Smith

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Sri Lanka's Milan Rathnayake celebrates reaching his half century on day one of the First Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Wednesday Aug. 21, 2024. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

Sri Lanka recovers from woeful start to post 236 against England on Day 1 of first cricket test

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FILE- Army tanks prepare to drive through the gates of the student-occupied Polytechnic Institute, in Athens, Nov. 17, 1973. (AP photo/File)

Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change

By David Rising - Associated Press

Police officers patrol in a railway station during a railway union strike in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A railway union strike in Sri Lanka leaves tens of thousands of commuters stranded

By Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, disembarks from a plane as he arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka since former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad visited the country in 2008. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Iran’s Raisi inaugurates project in Sri Lanka, says West doesn’t monopolize knowledge, technology

By Krishan Francis - Associated Press

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Sirisena says “99%” of the suspects in Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels have been arrested and their explosive materials seized. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka needs more support from Washington, former president says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, center, sits with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawaradane, left, and the First Lady of Sri Lanka Maithree Wickremesinghe, during the 76th Independence Day commemoration ceremony of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Debt-laden Sri Lanka marks Independence Day with Thai prime minister as guest of honor

By Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

In this Handout photograph released by the Sri Lanka President's Office HO, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, second right, poses for a photograph with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin at the presidential secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Sri Lanka President's Office HO via AP)

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signs a free trade pact with Thailand

By Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

A supporter of Sri Lanka's main opposition covers his face as police fire water cannons to disperse them during a protest rally against high taxes and increases in electricity and fuel charges, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Police in Sri Lanka use tear gas to disperse opposition protest against dire economic conditions

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