Li Weihua from Liutong village, Guizhou province holds a dried kiwifruit sapling, one of the few things left after a prolonged drought killed his farmland and hopes for a wealthy yield on Aug 8. [Qiao Qiming/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.