A resident of Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, uses his cellphone to photograph a solar halo. The solar halo was seen in northen Chinese cities, including Beijing and Qinhuangdao,on July 22, 2013.[Phiti/Xinhua]
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.