Dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, a diver feeds sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea, where over half of the population are Christians. Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press
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.