Cotton slippers are displayed in a "peacock" shape at a supermarket in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Sunday. The lowest temperature in the city reached-6 C, and peacocks are seen as bringers of warmth in China. CHINA DAILY
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.