A traffic policeman talks to a rickshaw operator near a billboard to welcome Pope Francis, ahead of his visit in Juba, South Sudan February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

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

People enjoy rickshaw rides on the first day of the new year near Senso-ji temple in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou 

A rickshaw taxi loaded with fish drives from the beach in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar 

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 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock rides an e-rickshaw during her visit to the Chandni Chowk in the old quarters of Delhi, India, December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock rides an e-rickshaw during her visit to the Chandni Chowk in the old quarters of Delhi, India, December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A boy shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock as she rides an e-rickshaw during her visit to the Chandni Chowk in the old quarters of Delhi, India, December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

A Somali woman walks past a closed furniture shop following a protest after the ban of vehicles and rickshaws from Makkah Al-Mukarramah street in Mogadishu, Somalia December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar 

A Somali businessman sits in front of a closed cosmetics shop following a protest after the ban of vehicles and rickshaws from Makkah Al-Mukarramah street in Mogadishu, Somalia December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar 

A Somali man walks past a closed chocolate shop following a protest after the ban of vehicles and rickshaws from Makkah Al-Mukarramah street in Mogadishu, Somalia December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar 

Somali businessmen sit in front of their closed shops following a protest after the ban of vehicles and rickshaws from Makkah Al-Mukarramah street in Mogadishu, Somalia December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar 

A rickshaw taxi loaded with various fish drives from the beach in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar 

A rickshaw taxi loaded with various fish drives from the beach in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar 

A trader rides on a rickshaw taxi loaded with fish from the beach in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A man pushes a cycle rickshaw under a metro bridge amidst heavy smog in New Delhi, India, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

People ride rickshaws and motorcycle on a flooded street, amid continuous rain before the Cyclone Sitrang hits the country in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

People ride rickshaws and motorcycle on a flooded street, amid continuous rain before the Cyclone Sitrang hits the country in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

Rickshaws move through a flooded street, amid continuous rain before the Cyclone Sitrang hits the country in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

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

Rickshaws pass by a graffiti of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

A rickshaw is silhouetted as it passes by a graffiti in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

A rickshaw puller enjoys rain during monsoon in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A man pulls a rickshaw during heavy rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

Rickshaws (tuk tuk) are reflected in stranded flood waters after rains, during the monsoon season in Nowshera, Pakistan September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz 

A rickshaw (tuk tuk) travels through flood waters, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A donkey is carried in a rickshaw at Shati camp in Gaza City August 27, 2022. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem 

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. 

People ride a rickshaw (tuk tuk) on a flooded road, following rains during the monsoon season in Hyderabad, Pakistan August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput 

A rickshaw-puller stands in front of a poster of Aamir Khan-starrer "Laal Singh Chaddha", an official remake of the 1994 film "Forrest Gump" outside a cinema in New Delhi, India, August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi 

Chamindu Dissanayake, 4, who has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, sits in a rickshaw with his father Sisira Kumara Dissanayake, 35, as they prepare to travel back to their home after being discharged from Apeksha Hospital, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 15, 2022. "It takes between 8 and 10 hours to get here. We can't come by bus because the doctors said exposing him to strangers and outside environment was dangerous for his health. But since we can't afford a car or van we have no other option but to take him in my rickshaw."   REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "SRI LANKA CANCER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Sisira Kumara Dissanayake, 35, shows a heart surgery scar on his son Chamindu Dissanayake, 4, who has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, as they prepare to travel back to their home after being discharged from Apeksha Hospital, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 15, 2022. "It takes between 8 and 10 hours to get here. We can't come by bus because the doctors said exposing him to strangers and outside environment was dangerous for his health. But since we can't afford a car or van we have no other option but to take him in my rickshaw." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "SRI LANKA CANCER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A boy pushes a cart at the commercial crossing of Kerem Shalom which has been shutdown by Israel since Tuesday, in the southern Gaza Strip August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa 

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 

A man pushes his rickshaw (tuk tuk) through a flooded road during the monsoon season in Karachi, Pakistan July 9, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A man sits with a pair of sacrificial animals in a rickshaw (tuk tuk) after he purchased them from a cattle market, ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Karachi, Pakistan July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A man travels with a sacrificial animal in a rickshaw (tuk tuk) after he purchased it from a cattle market, ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Karachi, Pakistan July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A tourist rickshaw is seen parked in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, July 3, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier 

A tourist rickshaw is seen parked at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, July 3, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier 

Rickshaws are seen on a street during heavy rains that caused widespread flooding in the northeastern part of the country, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

A man pulls a rickshaw during heavy rains that caused widespread flooding in the northeastern part of the country, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

A woman wipes using a tissue paper sweat of a man while riding on a rickshaw during hot weather in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

Rickshaws pass on the street as it rains in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 03, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

A rickshaw puller wears a polythene to protect himself as it rains in Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

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