Snow on the streets of Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Nov 17. A blizzard has been pummeling the city as well as many other areas in NE China since Saturday night.[Photo by Wang Tienan/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.