A passenger protects himself from smoke after a blaze breaks out due to a short circuited electronic display in the terminal departure hall of Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, on Oct 27. [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.