European Parliament's deputy chief observer of European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sri Lanka's presidential election Inta Lase (back C), addresses fellow members of the EU EOM ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in Colombo on September 19, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka will vote for its next president on September 21, in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)