Giant Panda Mei Xiang snacks on bamboo at the Snithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, in this handout image taken on April 19, 2015 and obtained on August 10, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]
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.