Rikke Moller Pedersen of Denmark competes in the women's 100m breaststroke heats of the 15th FINA Swimming World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona, Spain, July 29, 2013. [Photo/CFP]
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.