Sheep walk on a snow-covered path in Altay, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Nov 30, 2012. Herdsmen in Altay began transfering their herds to winter pastures recently despite of heavy snow. [Photo/Xinhua]
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.