A child poses with sculptures of soldiers from the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which helped defeat Japanese forces during the conflict, on Songshan Mountain, Longling county, Yunnan province, Sept 3, 2013. [Photo by Chinanews]
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.