Representatives from the Democratic of Republic of Korea look at a wax figure of deceased former top DPRK leader Kim Jong-il, made by Great Man Wax Museum of China for DPRK, during a sending-off ceremony in Beijing on July 9, 2013. [Photo/ecns.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.