A gigantic thangka, or silk painting, is spread over a hillside during a Buddhist commemoration on Sunday marking the third anniversary of the magnitude-7.1 Yushu earthquake. [Photo/China News Service]
A gigantic thangka is spread over a hillside during a Buddhist commemoration marking the third anniversary of the Yushu earthquake, in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture, April 14, 2013. [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.