This is The Guardian.

Today, the cost of rice in Sri Lanka has nearly doubled.

Bread prices are up 28%.

Electricity is down to a few hours a day.

The rising cost of living is threatening governments around the world.

We'll Sri Lanka be the first domino to fall.

It's raining, it's humid, it's 11.30 pm.

And their spirits are in no way dampened.

All the cars, dripping past, you can hear them beeping into the box.

I'll show you the Lankan flags everywhere, on bread everywhere.

Signs calling for, got to go home, got to go to jail.

Give us back our country, give us back our money.

Hannah Ellis Peterson, the Guardian's South Asia correspondent,

has been in the Sri Lankan capital, Columbus,

covering the biggest protests since the island's independence.

The atmosphere in the protests is really electric.

You've got a huge mix of people.

They are singing songs, dancing.

They're a little kids on their shoulders of their parents.

They're old ladies who are sitting in their camping chairs.

And there is just this real camaraderie between all the protestors.

It feels incredible on the ground,

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