Visitors are enthralled by a sea of fl owers at the 2013 Beijing Tulip Cultural Festival in the capital's Shunyi district. More than 4 million tulips of 100 species are on display. PHOTO BY ZOU HONG/ 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.