Swans swim in the Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Qinghai province, Nov 27, 2012. The Qinghai Lake, China's largest inland saltwater lake, has expanded for eight years in a row to 4,402.5 square km.[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.