A village resident holds a pile of hailstones collected from the ground in Phoenix village, Laibin city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on March 18, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tourists admire Hukou Waterfall in Jixian county, Shanxi province, on March 18, 2013. The spring flood caused by recent warm temperatures upstream in the Yellow River has attracted many visitors to see the spectacular waterfall. [Photo by Lu Guiming/ For China Daily]
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.