Paddy farmer Samantha Pushpakumara stands on top of an irrigation tank that has dried up due to drought in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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Indika Nuwankumara searches for water in an irrigation tank that dried up due to drought in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Volunteers distribute drinking water to people impacted by drought in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Local government workers pump water from a truck into a temporary tank during a drought in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Indika Nuwankumara drinks water to quench his thirst while searching for water in an irrigation tank that dried up due to drought in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Pathmini Ariyadasa walks with her daughter through her drought hit eggplant field in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) is this eggplant
Pathmini Ariyadasa removes a container from her drought hit vegetable field in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Ceylon spotted deer drink from a water hole that has shrunk due to a drought in Yala National Park in Yala, Sri Lanka, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A water tanker fills a pond for animals during a drought in Yala National Park in Yala, Sri Lanka, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A wild elephant roams as safari jeeps carrying tourists approach in Yala National Park in Yala, Sri Lanka, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)