A child enjoys a ride on an ice trolley in the WinterPalace in Beijing February 11, 2013. China is celebrating a week-long holiday of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which started from Saturday. [Photo by CFP]
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.