Students brave the snow in Weihai, East China's Shandong province, Nov 28, 2013. Temperatures dropped to 5 degrees below zero in the coastal city, followed by strong winds and snow. [Photo/Xinhua]
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.