The Wider Image: Sri Lanka’s cancer patients struggle amid economic

Biscuits for Priyantha Kumarasinghe, 32, who has been diagnosed with lung cancer which doctors think has spread to his neck and spine, are seen on a plate at his aunt’s house in Homagama, Sri Lanka, November 10, 2022. Kumarasinghe dips biscuits into his tea as they are easy for him to swallow with a painful throat. “If I had been able to get treatment properly during June, July and August there is a good possibility I could have reduced the lung cancer,” he told Reuters. “Because that was not possible that may be the reason why the cancer has grown.” REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte