Australia's Governor-General Quentin Bryce (R) watches as the country's new conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott (C) is kissed by his wife Margaret after a swearing in ceremony at Government House in Canberra Sept 18, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
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.