A man transports sacks on a rickshaw at a market in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Workers from the Congolese agribusiness Bweteta food production company ride on a cargo rickshaw to deliver maize flour to retail stores in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi 

Rickshaws move on the street during countrywide blackout in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

A combination picture shows Sivaraja Sanjeewan, 31, taking a bath at a public well, and posing with his bucket and soap, at Wanathamulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2, 2022. "We have a tap water connection but it?s very difficult to pay water and electricity bills in addition to the rising costs of food. So now I bathe in a public well more often in order to save money," said the auto rickshaw driver. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KIM COLOMBO ECONOMY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Sivaraja Sanjeewan, 31, poses with his bucket and soap which he uses to take a bath at a public well at Wanathamulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2, 2022. "We have a tap water connection but it's very difficult to pay water and electricity bills in addition to the rising costs of food. So now I bathe in a public well more often in order to save money," said the auto rickshaw driver. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KIM COLOMBO ECONOMY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Sivaraja Sanjeewan, 31, takes a bath at a public well at Wanathamulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2, 2022. "We have a tap water connection but it's very difficult to pay water and electricity bills in addition to the rising costs of food. So now I bathe in a public well more often in order to save money," said the auto rickshaw driver. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KIM COLOMBO ECONOMY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

An auto rickshaw driver waits in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

A man pushes his auto rickshaw while he waits in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 31, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

A driver who has back pain takes a rest in an auto rickshaw while he waits in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 31 , 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

A driver who has back pain takes a rest in an auto rickshaw while he waits in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 31 , 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

A driver takes a rest in an auto rickshaw while he waits in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 30 , 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A driver takes a rest in an auto rickshaw while he waits in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 30 , 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Drivers push auto rickshaws in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Nuwantha Kasun Jayathileke, 30, brother of Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, shows the upcoming rides in the app at home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, sits inside her auto-rickshaw as she waits in a queue to buy petrol during the early hours of the morning at a fuel station in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 26, 2022. "I spend more time in line for petrol than doing anything else," Deepthi said. "Sometimes I join a line about 3 p.m. but only get fuel about 12 hours later. "A couple of times I made it to the front of the queue only to have the fuel run out." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Vehicles queue to buy petrol during the early hours of the morning at a fuel station in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, feeds her dog outside her house in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidia SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, has a container filled with petrol during the early hours of the morning at a fuel station in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 26, 2022. "I spend more time in line for petrol than doing anything else," Deepthi said. "Sometimes I join a line about 3 p.m. but only get fuel about 12 hours later. "A couple of times I made it to the front of the queue only to have the fuel run out." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People stand next to their motorbikes as they queue to buy petrol during the early hours of the morning at a fuel station in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, sits inside her auto-rickshaw as she waits in a queue to buy petrol during the early hours of the morning at a fuel station in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 26, 2022. "I spend more time in line for petrol than doing anything else," Deepthi said. "Sometimes I join a line about 3 p.m. but only get fuel about 12 hours later. "A couple of times I made it to the front of the queue only to have the fuel run out." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Nuwantha Kasun Jayathileke, 30, brother of Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, uses coconut shell as fuel to cook lunch for the family in the kitchen at home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A monitor lizard is seen in the water as a roadside vendor cuts fresh fish for Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

An empty cooking gas cylinder stands in the kitchen of Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, at home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A roadside vendor packs fish for Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, buys fish from a roadside vendor in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, laughs as she talks to a friend at his workshop in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A passenger pays Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, after they got dropped off at their destination in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. A woman auto-rickshaw driver is a rare sight on the island of 22 million people off the southern coast of India. But it's a job Deepthi has done for seven years to support her family of five, by using local ride-hailing app PickMe. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, sells her homemade slippers to a customer outside her house in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Nuwantha Kasun Jayathileke, 30, helps her sister, Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, to prepare lunch for the family in the kitchen of their home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, goes through her log book of expenses at home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. Since the financial crisis hit, she has been scrambling to find adequate petrol and earn enough as rides dwindled and inflation surged past 30% year-on-year. Her monthly income of about 50,000 Sri Lankan rupees started falling from January and is now less than half of what she used to earn. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A passenger talks to Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, after they arrived at their destination in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. A woman auto-rickshaw driver is a rare sight on the island of 22 million people off the southern coast of India. But it's a job Deepthi has done for seven years to support her family of five, by using local ride-hailing app PickMe. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, cleans her auto-rickshaw in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, prays in front of the Lord Buddha idol inside her auto-rickshaw before going to work in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, talks with her brothers Nuwantha Kasun Jayathileke, 30 (L) and U.C. Chamara Madhusanka, 32 (R), at home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, rides her auto-rickshaw on a road in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. A woman auto-rickshaw driver is a rare sight on the island of 22 million people off the southern coast of India. But it's a job Deepthi has done for seven years to support her family of five, by using local ride-hailing app PickMe. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, sprays fragrance onto flowers for prayer before going to work in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, talks to other drivers as they wait in a queue to buy petrol at a fuel station in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. "I spend more time in line for petrol than doing anything else," Deepthi said. "Sometimes I join a line about 3 p.m. but only get fuel about 12 hours later. "A couple of times I made it to the front of the queue only to have the fuel run out." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Nuwantha Kasun Jayathileke, 30, brother of Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, buys eggs from a shop in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, cooks lunch for her family using firewood in the kitchen at home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, prepares breakfast in the kitchen at home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, stands next to her auto-rickshaw as she waits in a queue to buy petrol at a fuel station in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. "I spend more time in line for petrol than doing anything else," Deepthi said. "Sometimes I join a line about 3 p.m. but only get fuel about 12 hours later. "A couple of times I made it to the front of the queue only to have the fuel run out," REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Vehicles queue to buy petrol at a fuel station in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lasanda Deepthi, 43, an auto-rickshaw driver for local ride hailing app PickMe, talks on a mobile phone as she sits on the doorstep of her home in Gonapola town, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "ABIDI AUTO-RICKSHAW" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A driver of an autorickshaw sleeps inside his rickshaw while waiting in a line to buy petrol at a fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A driver of an autorickshaw sleeps inside his rickshaw while waiting in a line to buy petrol at a fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A driver of an autorickshaw sleeps inside his rickshaw while waiting in a line to buy petrol at a fuel station, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A family arrives in an auto rickshaw to attend an anti-government protest near the Presidential secretariat after the authorities lifted a nationwide curfew to celebrate Vesak festival amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Anti-government demonstrators push an auto rickshaw forward amidst traffic as it ran-out of fuel near the Presidential secretariat after the authorities lifted a nationwide curfew to celebrate Vesak festival amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Anti-government demonstrators push an auto rickshaw forward amidst traffic as it ran-out of fuel near the Presidential secretariat after the authorities lifted a nationwide curfew to celebrate Vesak festival amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Rickshaw drivers take a nap during hot and humid weather in Karachi, Pakistan, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A Palestinian leaves the Gaza Strip in an auto rickshaw through Israeli Erez crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A man wearing a Santa Claus costume helps an auto rickshaw driver to wear a protective face mask as he distributes the masks for free during the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Ahmedabad, India, December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave 

Fumigation vapour is sprayed from an auto rickshaw at the Ghazipur border farmers protest site near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, India, November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar REFILE - CORRECTING LOCATION 

A man pulls his auto rickshaw through waterlogged street after heavy rains in New Delhi, India, July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A man pulls his auto rickshaw through waterlogged road after heavy rains in New Delhi, India, July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A man sits on a cycle rickshaw at a wholesale market after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A Palestinian boy riding on an auto rickshaw loaded with his family's belongings heads to their home as he leaves a United Nations-run school where they took refuge during the recent cross-border violence between Palestinian militants and Israel, following Israel-Hamas truce, in Gaza May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa 

Palestinians riding on an auto rickshaw loaded with belongings head to their home as they leave a United Nations-run school where they took refuge during the recent cross-border violence between Palestinian militants and Israel, following Israel-Hamas truce, in Gaza May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa 

Palestinians riding on an auto rickshaw flee their homes during Israeli air and artillery strikes as cross-border violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues, in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 

Palestinians riding on an auto rickshaw flee during Israeli air and artillery strikes as cross-border violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues, in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem