A 17-member Chinese rescue team departs from Beijing Capital International Airport to provide humanitarian aid to the disaster-stricken areas in the Philippines hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan on Nov 20, 2013. [Wang Jing / chinadaily.com.cn]
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.