Paris - The Ivory Coast has donated five tonnes of pineapples to lend a tropical touch to the menu at wintry Paris soup kitchens.
The Ivory Coast embassy in Paris dubbed the gift "pineapples from the heart". The pineapples - enough to serve 20,000 people - are being sent to feed the homeless in the Paris area over Christmas and the new year.
A charity based in the Ivory Coast's commercial capital, Abidjan, paid for the fruit.