Sri Lanka's Samagi Jana Balawegaya party leader and presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa (C) waits in a queue to cast his ballot at a polling station during voting in the country's presidential election in Colombo on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka began voting for its next president 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 AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)