French President Francois Hollande (C) shakes hands with a rescue worker during a visit on the site of an intercity train accident at the Bretigny-sur-Orge train station near Paris, July 12, 2013. [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.