Icicles hang on the guardrails along the Donggang sea area in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan 28, 2015. A cold front hit Dalian on Jan 28. [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.