Twenty-five villas illegally built on top of a shopping mall in Hengyang, Hunan province, have remained there for at least four years despite a demolition order from the city government. [Ren Xinshe / for China Daily]
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.