Peng Liyuan (C), wife of China's President XI Jinping, waves to a koala while on a G20 spouses visit to a koala sanctuary at the G20 leaders summit in Brisbane November 15, 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.