Technicians wearing protection suits begin to cull fowl early on April 5 at a poultry wholesale market in the Songjiang district of Shanghai where the H7N9 bird flu virus was detected in pigeon samples. [Photo by Liu Xin / For China Daily]
Hotel guides stand in line as they wait for guests at an entrance to the BFA Hotel during the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference in Boao town, Hainan province April 5, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
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.