S. Saksan, 5, who has been diagnosed with leukaemia, laughs as he talks with his mother Sathiyaraj Silaksana, 27, on a video call on his grandmother Ratnasingham Rajini’s, 45, phone, at a cancer care transit home near Apeksha Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 11, 2022. “Due to the current crisis in Sri Lanka, we are facing severe problems in transport and food,” said Silaksana, “I have no option but to pay for my son’s needs. My husband, is a construction worker. In order to pay for all these expenses we pawned our jewellery.” REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
