A boy sits outside a temple during the "Sindoor Jatra" vermillion powder festival at Thimi, near Kathmandu April 15, 2013. The festival is celebrated to mark the Nepalese New Year and the beginning of spring season in Nepal. [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.