The Perseid meteor shower dots the sky in Yongji, North China's Shanxi province, on Aug 13, 2013, Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day. [Photo by Liu Baocheng/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.