Though this year's Vesak celebrations will be decidedly low-key owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, it hasn't detered street vendors making and selling Vesak lanterns and other decorations.
Our photographer took these images today in Colombo, where vendors are hard at work even in the midst of curfew.
Pix by Sameera Weerasekara
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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