Residents of a Lithuanian resort received an early Christmas present when 50 tonnes of bananas washed up on the Baltic coast.
"The current came from the southwest, where storm winds probably knocked a container of unripe bananas off a ship," said Mr Jonas Vigelis, head of the area's Sea Patrol and Rescue unit.
People turned out in droves to gather the tropical fruit, which was strewn over about four miles of frosty shoreline around the resort town of Sventoji.
"This sort of thing happens now and then. One time we got oranges, another time some good lumber," Mr Vigelis said.
