A Peking opera troupe performs at the 49th International Festival of Carthage, Tunisia's largest arts event at the Roman Theatre of Carthage inTunis, Tunisia's capital city, on July 14, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
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.