Tea plantation workers and their children take part in a Hindu religious procession in Hatton, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Tea plantation workers cheer for their political leaders during a presidential election rally in Thalawakele, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A tea plantation worker carries a sack of tea leaves as another plucks tea leaves at Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Tea bushes gleam in the afternoon light at a tea plantation in Nanu Oya, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Tea plantation workers weigh plucked tea leaves at Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Tea plantation workers dance during a Hindu religious procession in Hatton, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
The twin daughters of Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, stand in the foreground as their grandmother Lakshmi, center, drinks a cup of tea in their home in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, right, bathes her younger daughter Madubhashini, as her elder daughter Shalani, center, stands at the doorway of their small house in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Tea plantation workers gather plucked tea leaves in a sack at Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Tea plantation workers at Spring Valley Estate walk past an election poster with a portrait of the Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe, ahead of the country's presidential election, in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Tea plantation workers attend a presidential election rally in Thalawakele, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
In this combo photograph, women tea plantation workers, clockwise from top left, Kanakambige Velayudan, Kaariman Thangamma, Tharmaraj Kaladevi, Dharmawathi, Kumaralingum Kamala, and Nadaraja Chitramani pose for a photograph during a break in their work at a tea plantation in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A tea plantation worker, right, sets up a structure for weighing tea leaves in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, gets ready to go to work in a tea factory in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Tea plantation worker Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, far right, bathes her younger daughter Madubhashini outside their small living quarters in Spring Valley estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sep. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A tea plantation worker carries an election poster showing a portrait of the opposition leader and presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa, during an election rally in Thalawakele, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A woman tea plantation worker plucks tea leaves at an estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Women workers weigh plucked tea leaves at a tea plantation in Nanu Oya, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A tea plantation worker carries a bundle of tea leaves on her head at Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A woman tea plantation worker weighs a bag of tea leaves plucked at Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)