Heavy rain hits Fangshan District in Beijing on June 7, 2013. Meteorological authorities had issued a rainstorm alert. [Photo/CFP]
Parents wait in the pouring rain outside Beijing No. 4 High School while students take the annual National College Entrance Exam, or gaokao, on June 7, 2013. June 7, the first day of the three-day test, came with heavy rain and a sky as dark as night. [Photo/CFP]
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.