A dead fish lies on the dried-up Sandu Reservoir in Shaodong county, Central China's Hunan province, Aug 14, 2013. Hunan province was hit by a severe drought this summer due to lingering high temperatures and lack of rainfall. [Photo/Xinhua]
Police officers pull a woman to safety after she was dissuaded from a suicide attempt in Beijing's Sanlitun area on Wednesday. Police didn't say why the woman wanted to kill herself. [Photo/CFP]
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.