A player chooses a polo mallet before a match during the annual King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in the resort town of Hua Hin, some 160 km (99 miles) south of Bangkok, Aug 29, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
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.