Sri Lankan special force commando walks through floodwaters in Seeduwa a suburb of Colombo on May 19, 2010. The military has been deployed for rescue...
Sri Lankan policeman directs traffic as he stands in floodwaters in Seeduwa a suburb of Colombo on May 19, 2010. The military has been deployed for...
Sri Lankan soldier directs traffic through floodwaters in Seeduwa a suburb of Colombo on May 19, 2010. The military has been deployed for rescue and...
Sri Lankan residents push a bicycle through a flooded stretch of a street in Seeduwa a suburb of Colombo on May 19, 2010. The military has been...
Sri Lankan residents are watched by a soldier as they walk through floodwaters in Seeduwa a suburb of Colombo on May 19, 2010. The military has been...
Group of Sri Lankan special force commandos push a stalled truck through floodwaters in Seeduwa a suburb of Colombo on May 19, 2010. The military has...
Sri Lankan looks on as a cyclist carries his machine through floodwaters in Seeduwa a suburb of Colombo on May 19, 2010. The military has been...
Sri Lankan men walk down a flooded road in Colombo on May 18, 2010. Heavy rains forced the indefinite postponement of Sri Lanka's military parade...
By Mel Gunasekera In this picture taken on April 29 a Sri Lankan soldier stands guard amidst war-displaced civilians living alongside a fallen water...
By Mel Gunasekera In this picture taken on April 29 war-displaced Sri Lankans sell seafood on the street near a fallen water tower that was blown up...
By Mel Gunasekera In this picture taken on November 11 visitors inspect a Czech-built Zlin 143 light aircraft flown by Tamil Tiger rebels on display...
By Mel Gunasekera In this picture taken on April 29 Sri Lankans walk past a fallen water tower that was blown up by Tamil Tiger rebels in the 1990s...
Woman stands in her flooded home in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on May 18, 2010. Heavy rains forced the indefinite postponement of Sri Lanka's...
Sri Lankan soldier lifts an artificial limb to be distributed among disabled soldiers during an event at the army headquarters in Colombo on May 17,...
Sri Lankan soldier lifts an artificial limb to be distributed among disabled soldiers during an event at the army headquarters in Colombo on May 17,...
Sri Lankan men walk along a flooded road in Colombo on May 17, 2010. Several days of heavy rain coupled with strong winds and lightening marked the...
Vehicles drive along a partially submerged road in Colombo on May 17, 2010. Several days of heavy rain coupled with strong winds and lightening...
Two Sri Lankan motorcyclists ride along a partially submerged road in Colombo on May 17, 2010. Several days of heavy rain coupled with strong winds...
Sri Lankan man walks along a flooded road in Colombo on May 17, 2010. Several days of heavy rain coupled with strong winds and lightening marked the...
Sri Lankan woman walks along a partially submerged road in Colombo on May 17, 2010. Several days of heavy rain coupled with strong winds and...
Sri Lankan school children walk along a flooded road in Colombo on May 17, 2010. Several days of heavy rain coupled with strong winds and lightening...
SriLanka-environment-conservation-elephant by Mel Gunasekera This picture taken on March 22 shows orphan baby elephant Rani, walking through shrub at...
SriLanka-environment-conservation-elephant by Mel Gunasekera This picture taken on March 22 shows orphan baby elephant Rani, walking through shrub at...
SriLanka-environment-conservation-elephant by Mel Gunasekera This picture taken on March 22 shows orphan baby elephant Rani, walking through shrub at...
SriLanka-environment-conservation-elephant by Mel Gunasekera This picture taken on March 22 shows orphan baby elephants at a state-run Elephant...
SriLanka-environment-conservation-elephant by Mel Gunasekera This picture taken on March 22 shows orphan baby elephants at a state-run Elephant...
SriLanka-environment-conservation-elephant by Mel Gunasekera This picture taken on March 22 shows orphan baby elephants at a state-run Elephant...
Sri Lankan street vendor makes lanterns from bamboo sticks in Colombo on May 16, 2010. The lanterns will be used during festivities celebrating Vesak...
Sri Lankan street vendor makes lanterns from bamboo sticks in Colombo on May 16, 2010. The lanterns will be used during festivities celebrating Vesak...
Sri Lankan man rides a bicycle through heavy rain on a street in Colombo on May 14, 2010. The capital city was lashed by heavy rains causing majot...
Vehicles drive along a flooded street in Colombo on May 14, 2010. The capital city was lashed by heavy rains causing majot traffic jams throughout...
Vehicles drive along a flooded street in Colombo on May 14, 2010. The capital city was lashed by heavy rains causing majot traffic jams throughout...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan models displays creations by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankan model displays a creation by local Sri Lankan designers during a fashion event in Colombo on May 9, 2010. Clothing accounts for over half...
Sri Lankans inspect vintage cars on display at a city supermarket in Colombo on May 9, 2010. The classic cars on show included Rolls Royce, Cadillac...
Sri Lankan man inspects vintage cars on display at a city supermarket in Colombo on May 9, 2010. The classic cars on show included Rolls Royce,...
Asian Cricket Council Chief Executive Syed Ashraful Haq addresses reporters in Colombo on May 6, 2010. Haq was in Colombo to announce the four-nation...
Asian Cricket Council Chief Executive Syed Ashraful Haq addresses reporters in Colombo on May 6, 2010. Haq was in Colombo to announce the four-nation...
Asian Cricket Council Chief Executive Syed Ashraful Haq addresses reporters in Colombo on May 6, 2010. Haq was in Colombo to announce the four-nation...
Sandhya Eknaligoda, the wife of missing cartoonist and political journalist Pradeep Eknaligoda, holds a placard protesting against her husbands...
Sri Lankan media activist shouts slogans at a rally protesting against the disappearance of cartoonist and political journalist Pradeep Eknaligoda in...
Sri Lankan media activist holds a placard protesting against the disappearance of cartoonist and political journalist Pradeep Eknaligoda in Colombo...
Sandhya Eknaligoda, the wife of missing cartoonist and political journalist Pradeep Eknaligoda, holds a placard protesting against her husbands...
Sri Lankan media activist holds a placard protesting against the disappearance of cartoonist and political journalist Pradeep Eknaligoda in Colombo...
Sri Lankan soldier trims a customer's hair at a military-run salon in Mankulam on May 01, 2010. In the absence of civilian life, the military runs a...
Sri Lankan woman cycles past a roadside market in the northern town Jaffna on April 30, 2010. The Central Bank opened two financial company branches...
Sri Lankan man smokes in front of a poster of President Mahinda Rajapakse in the northern town Jaffna on April 30, 2010. The Central Bank opened two...
Sri Lankan woman sells nuts in the northern town Jaffna on April 30, 2010. The Central Bank opened two financial company branches as part of the...
An elderly Sri Lanka woman walks past armed soldiers in the northern town Jaffna on April 30, 2010. The Central Bank opened two financial company...
Sri Lankan Tamil woman cycles with a child in the northern town Jaffna on April 30, 2010. The Central Ban opened two financial company branches as...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal is given a traditional Tamil welcome in the northern town Jaffna on April 30, 2010. Cabraal opened...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal is given a traditional Tamil welcome in the northern town Jaffna on April 30, 2010. Cabraal opened...
