Students in Lianyuan city, Hunan province, make a no-smoking sign on May 29, 2013, two days before World No Tobacco Day. [Photo by Zhang Yang/Asianewsphoto]
A firefighter helps a child from a flooded kindergarten in Longli county, Guizhou province, on May 29, 2013. Downpours brought about 90 millimeters of rainfall to the county, forcing the relocation of more than 3,000 students. [Photo by Wang Lixin/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.