Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) gestures to members of her cabinet beside Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul (C) after a no-confidence vote at parliament in Bangkok November 28, 2013.
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.