Katharine Wang of Beijing, celebrates with Kate Miller of Abilene, Texas, after Wang found out she would advance to the semifinal of the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday in National Harbor, Maryland. Alex Wong / Agence France-Presse
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.