Anne Nakajima (C) gets her hair and makeup prepared for a Coming of Age Day ceremony at 5:30 am at a beauty parlor in Isumi city, Chiba province, Japan, January 11, 2015. [Photo/IC]
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.