Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of fruits, vegetables and soap.

With open air markets closed, supermarket prices skyrocketing, an out-of-work husband, two children to feed and another on the way, Diatite said even tomatoes are now too expensive.

The coronavirus pandemic has turned her small world upside down.

“This is my only solution,” she said, relieved that a local group in her Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois stepped in with help.

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In this April 22 file photo, residents arrive to collect soap, vegetables, fruits and other staples distributed by volunteers from community organisations in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb north of Paris. — AP
In this April 22 file photo, residents arrive to collect soap, vegetables, fruits and other staples distributed by volunteers from community organisations in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb north of Paris. — AP

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