A resident holds a bucket in Tacloban, the Philippines, Nov 13, 2013. People in Tacloban are suffering from the shortage of food, water and other living supplies after the strongest storm on record typhoon Haiyan destroyed this area. [Photo/Xinhua]
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.