A woman protects her face with a scarf from a sandstorm at Tiananmen Square in Beijing March 9, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
A farmer is seen in the field of rape flowers in Xuan'en county of Central China's Hubei province, March 9, 2013. Rape flowers began to blossom as temperature went up here, attracting large amount of tourists. [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.