A French teacher (right) plants trees with students in Liaocheng city, Shandong province on March 11. Tree Planting Day is March 12 in China. [Photo by Kong 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.