A runner dressed as Monkey King participates in the 2015 Beijing Marathon, Sept 20, 2015. About 30,000 runners from 45 countries and regions took part in the event on Sunday morning.[Photo/Chinanews.com]
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.