Fireworks illuminate the sky around Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, on Wednesday, after the Emirati city was chosen to host the World Expo 2020. Karim Sahib / 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.