Lion-dance performers interact with spectators along the route of Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on Nov 27. The 2014 Parade featured a Chinese float for the first time in its 88-year history. Lu Huiquan/For China Daily.
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.