Parents gather outsides the Confucius Temple elementary school to watch their children perform during the First Writing Ceremony in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, September 1. [Xu Qi/Asianewsphoto.com]
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.