A bride wrapped in a carpet is carried and gotten across a fire pot during a ritual in a group wedding ceremony in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 22, 2013. [Photo/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.