
Eranga Jayawardena / AP
A member of Socialist Students Union reacts as others cover their faces from tear gas fired by police during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Nov. 30. Police used tear gas and water canons to disperse a protest held by Socialist Students Union, a wing of Sri Lanka's Marxist political party People's Liberation Front, against the government's budget proposals.

Eranga Jayawardena / AP
Members of Socialist Students Union shout slogans as they confront police during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Nov. 30, 2011.

