Backstreet Boys' Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean chat about the baby pandas at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Southwest China's Sichuan province, May 30, 2013. [Photo by Zhu Dayong/Aisanewsphoto]
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.