A visitor views a quilt on display at the International Quilt Festival-Houston in US on Oct 31. The four-day event started Thursday and features an extensive array of exquisite quilts from more than 30 countries. [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.