Protesters dance shouting slogans against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa outside his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Wednesday. The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away in the middle of the night only hours before he was to step down amid a devastating economic crisis that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president, who had announced he would resign Wednesday, has fled the country after months of turmoil culminated in protesters converging on the presidential palace. Here's what's happening in Sri Lanka:
— The country is hurtling toward bankruptcy
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