A violinist performs in protective clothing. The band Thunderbolt Craziness uses a Telsa coil transformer to create a lightning effect for a show in Dacuo, Heshang town, Fujian province. Liu Tao / for China Daily
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.