Hundreds of medical students storm and occupy the health ministry in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo while doctors, nurses and health workers stage a silent protest against the shortage of drugs as a result of the island nation’s deepening economic crisis. Scarce supplies of food and fuel, along with record inflation and electricity rationing, have inflicted widespread misery in the country's most painful downturn since independence from Britain in 1948. Public anger is at a fever pitch, with crowds attempting to storm the homes of several government figures -- including President Gotabaya Rajapaksa -- and large demonstrations elsewhere. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES