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Ten Images of Sri Lanka after serial blasts

COLOMBO, April 22, 2019 (Xinhua) -- An injured woman is carried on a stretcher in a hospital in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. Sri Lankan Police said on Sunday that 13 people had been arrested over a series of blasts which killed 228 people across the island nation.

COLOMBO, April 22, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A girl receives medical treatment in a hospital in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. Sri Lankan Police said on Sunday that 13 people had been arrested over a series of blasts which killed 228 people across the island nation.

COLOMBO, April 21, 2019 (Xinhua) -- People work at a blast scene at St. Anthonys Church in Kochchikade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. The Sri Lankan government said on Sunday that seven people had been arrested over the multiple blasts that rocked the island nation earlier in the day and killed at least 207 so far.

COLOMBO, April 21, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 21, 2019 shows the blast scene at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities said on Sunday that the death toll from the explosions which shook the Sri Lankan capital earlier in the day had risen to 185 while 469 others were injured.

COLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- People wait outside a hotel where a blast took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. The death toll from the multiple blasts which shook Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to 138, while about 500 people were injured, local media reports quoted hospital sources as saying.

COLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks the name list of lodgers of a hotel where a blast took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. The death toll from the multiple blasts which shook Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to 138, while about 500 people were injured, local media reports quoted hospital sources as saying.

COLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Dancers wait outside a hotel where a blast took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. The death toll from the multiple blasts which shook Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to 138, while about 500 people were injured, local media reports quoted hospital sources as saying.

COLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Security staff stand on guard outside the St. Anthonys Church where a blast took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. Sri Lankan authorities said on Sunday that the death toll from the explosions which shook the Sri Lankan capital earlier in the day had risen to 185 while 469 others were injured.

COLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- People gather outside the St. Anthonys Church where a blast took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. Sri Lankan authorities said on Sunday that the death toll from the explosions which shook the Sri Lankan capital earlier in the day had risen to 185 while 469 others were injured.

OLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Security staff stand on guard outside the St. Anthonys Church where a blast took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. Sri Lankan authorities said on Sunday that the death toll from the explosions which shook the Sri Lankan capital earlier in the day had risen to 185 while 469 others were injured.
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