A Kyrgyz student wears a homemade Peking Opera face mask to mark the upcoming World Theatre Day at Liaocheng University, East China's Shandong province, on March 26, 2013. [Photo/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.