(11 Jul 2022)
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Colombo 11 July 2022
1. Various of people gathered next to swimming pool inside Sri Lankan presidential palace
HEADLINE: Crowds gather in Sri Lankan presidential palace
ANNOTATION: Once a high-security fortress, Sri Lanka's presidential palace now resembles a public park.
2. Various of crowds of people inside Sri Lankan presidential palace, walking up stairs
ANNOTATION: Thousands of people walk in and out with no security restrictions at all.
3. Man opening wardrobe and looking inside, tracking shot to people inside bathroom
ANNOTATION: Protesters remained in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence, his seaside office and the prime minister's official home.
4. Mid of people taking selfie seated on a bed
5. Pan from a man using landline phone sitting on sofa to women sitting on sofa
ANNOTATION: They say they will not leave until the resignations of Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe are official.
6. Man sleeping on a couch
ANNOTATION: The country was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday.
7. Various of people posing for photos holding Sri Lankan flag
ANNOTATION: Opposition leaders have yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders.
8. Various of a family eating in garden of presidential palace
STORYLINE:
Once a high-security fortress, Sri Lanka's presidential palace now resembles a public park.
Thousands of people walk in and out with no security restrictions at all.
Protesters remained in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence, his seaside office and the prime minister's official home.
They say they will not leave until the resignations of Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe are official.
The country was in a political vacuum for a second day Monday.

Opposition leaders have yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders.

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