A Palestinian boy, whose house was destroyed during the seven-week Israeli offensive, sleeps at a United Nations-run school where he is taking refuge with his family in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Sept 14, 2014. [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.