A boat sits in a 100-meters wide river covered by water plants in Xincheng county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, May 5, 2013. The Qingshui River has been totally blanketed as the plants grow profusely. [Photo/icpress.cn]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.