A policeman stands guard as voters arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted 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 IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)