(13 Jul 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colombo - 13 July 2022
1. Various of tear gas over a crowd of protesters outside the Sri Lanka prime minister's office compound, people yelling
HEADLINE: Police fire tear gas at protesters in Colombo
ANNOTATION: Police used tear gas as thousands of protesters demanding Sri Lanka's prime minister's resignation rallied outside his office.
ANNOTATION: Some demonstrators cheered as a helicopter flew overhead.
2. Mid of a helicopter flying
ANNOTATION: The protesters are angry over monthslong economic chaos that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.
3. Wide of protesters, some with their faces covered
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ARCHIVE: Colombo - 16 November 2019
4. Then presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa arriving to cast ballot
ANNOTATION: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives early Wednesday, only hours before he promised to step down under pressure.
ANNOTATION: As protesters feared, Rajapaksa appointed his prime minister as acting president in his absence, according to the speaker of the Parliament.
5. Various of Rajapaksa leaving, emerging from polling station and making his way to car, surrounded by journalists
6. Rajapaksa sitting in car, UPSOUND Gotabaya Rajapaksa (English):
Reporter (English): "Sir, have you been confident, Sir?"
Gotabaya Rajapaksa (English): "Yes, very confident, very confident."
Reporter (English): "Sir, how confident are you?"
Gotabaya Rajapaksa (English): "Very confident, very confident."
Reporter (English): "What do you want to bring to the people of Sri Lanka, Sir?"
Gotabaya Rajapaksa (English): "The people of Sri Lanka will get a better future under me, under my presidency."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colombo – 13 July 2022
7. Various of protesters marching near the offices compound of the prime minister
ANNOTATION: The move further enraged the protesters, prompting more to march toward the prime minister's office compound in the capital.
8. Various of long line of people waiting to get into Sri Lankan Presidential office
ANNOTATION: They've already seized the president's home and office and the official residence of the prime minister after months of demonstrations.
STORYLINE:
Police used tear gas as thousands of protesters demanding Sri Lanka's prime minister's resignation rallied outside his office.
Some demonstrators cheered as a helicopter flew overhead.
The protesters are angry over monthslong economic chaos that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives early Wednesday, only hours before he promised to step down under pressure.
As protesters feared, Rajapaksa appointed his prime minister as acting president in his absence, according to the speaker of the Parliament.
The prime minister, whose whereabouts were unclear, declared a nationwide state of emergency.
Police used tear gas as thousands of protesters demanding Sri Lanka's prime minister's resignation rallied outside his office.
They've already seized the president's home and office and the official residence of the prime minister after months of demonstrations.
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