Students dressed up as trees advocate tree preservation to citizens in Liaocheng, Shandong province on March 10, 2013. March 12 is Tree Planting Day in China. [Photo by Zhang Zhenxiang/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.