Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states pose for a group photo prior to the start of the 33rd GCC Summit in Manama, Bahrain, Dec 24, 2012. The two-day GCC summit opened on Monday. [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.