A fireman uses rope pulleys to evacuate a man after severe flooding hit Shibao town, Xishui county in China's Southwest Guizhou province, Aug 12, 2014. A powerful rainstorm battered the area on Tuesday morning causing a raging torrent. [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.