Colored lanterns are seen at a lantern festival in Fuyang, East China's Anhui province, Feb 3, 2013. More than 60 sets of colored lanterns are shown during the lantern festival from Feb 3 to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. [Photo/Xinhua]
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.