A passenger packs prepared fast food, comprised of cake, six packages of instant noodles and a bag of sausage, into a bucket in a waiting room at Beijing West Railway Station on Jan 27, 2013. [Photo by Hou Shaoqing/CFP]
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.