Herdsmen ride during a horse race in Xilin Gol League, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, July 17, 2013. With rodeos and races, the White Horse Festival will last two days. [Photo by Chen Hao/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.