Thousands march towards Sri Lanka's capital Colombo as part of a protest rally organised by the opposition Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party, demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation over the country's crippling economic crisis. The South Asian country is in the grip of its most painful economic downturn since independence in 1948, with regular blackouts and severe shortages of fuel and other goods causing widespread misery. IMAGES TO COMPLETE 328J9VN_EN