Pupils walk in snow on Hetie highway in Hezheng county of Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu province, Dec 28, 2012. Strong wind and heavy snowfall hit most parts of Gansu province on Friday. [Photo/Xinhua]
A snowman in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong province on Dec 29, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]
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.