Muslims offer prayers before a mosque celebrating the Corban Festival in the city of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Oct 15, 2013. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/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.