A dense plume of smoke billows from a warehouse near a high-speed railway station in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province, July 2. [Photo by Yin Jianjun/Asiannewsphoto.com]
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.