Farms damaged following consecutive days of rain in Yushu, Jilin province, on July 4, 2013. Storms and flooding have left dozens of people dead and a number of others missing in southwest China. [Photo by Xinhua]
Soldiers build a dam to protect farms from floods in Jiaxin village, of Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang province on July 3, 2013. Storms and flooding have left dozens of people dead and a number of others missing in southwest China. [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.