A visitor poses with an inflated Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman at the venue of the 9th China International Garden Expo in Beijing, September 6, 2013. [Photo by Wang Jing/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.