Harbin's 27th International Ice Sculpture Competition closed on January 8th,2013. Contestants from the Amur Oblast region of Russia is carving an ice sculpture of a motorcyclist,which finally won the first prize. [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.