Muslims attend the Eid Al-Fitr prayer at Niujie Mosque in Beijing on Aug 8, 2013. The three-day festival marks the end of Ramadan, Islam's holy month of fasting.[Zou Hong/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.