Heavy fog covers Bozhou, East China's Anhui province, Jan 24, 2013. The municipal meteorological observatory has issued an orange alert for fog and haze, the second-highest level after red, on Thursday morning. [Liu Qinli/Asianewsphoto]
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.