A man's hat and face mask are coated with frost as the temperature drops to minus 35 C in Heihe city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec 25, 2012. [Qiu Qilong/Asianewsphoto]
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.