Local residents give home-cooked congee to soldiers as a way to thank them for their work after the quake in Luyang township of Lushan county, Sichuan province on April 22, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]
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.