A man and his grandson visit Lugou Bridge, also known as the Marco Polo Bridge, which was attacked by the intruding Japanese forces on July 7, 1937, in Beijing, July 7, 2013. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/Asianewsphoto]
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.