A man and Geng Shaoke wait for help in the middle of a frozen lake at Dahuoquan Park in Xingtai, North China's Hebei province, on Feb 4, 2013. [Chen Wei/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.