Artists perform Muqam, a traditional Uygur song and dance cycle, in Shche county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, April 16, 2013. [Photo by Jin Wei/Asianewsphoto]
A participant flies his horse-shaped kites during a kite competition held in Shandong's Weifang city, April 16, 2013. A total of 1,164 kites from 119 kite teams in Weifang participated. [Photo by Zhang Chi/Asianewsphotos]
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.