Police officers help Tang Xiubi, a paralyzed woman, evacuate her flooded home in Chongqing, on July 2, 2013. Storms and flooding have left dozens of people dead and a number of others missing in southwest China. [Photo/CFP]
Soldiers use inflatable boats to evacuate people trapped by floods in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, on June 28, 2013. Storms and flooding have left dozens of people dead and a number of others missing in southwest China. [Photo by Xiongjiafu/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.