Fishing ships berth at Xingang Pier in Haikou, Hainan province, on July 1, 2013, before tropical storm Rumbia landed in South China. [Photo by Qi Ta/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.