COLOMBO: Sri Lankans turned out in large numbers on Thursday to vote in the island's tightest election in decades, despite reports of intimidation as the country's strongman president battles for his political survival.
STRONG CONTENDER Sri Lanka's main opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena waves after voting in the country's election at a polling station in the north-central town of Polonnaruwa, some 240 kilometers from Colombo on Thursday. AFP PHOTO