Visitors ride in a hot-air balloon during the 7th Hot Air Balloon Festival and 2013 H1 China Hot Air Balloon Challenge in Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan province, June 15, 2013.[Photo/icpress.cn]
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.