Alpacas relax after a shearing at a manor resort in TongluCounty in East China's Zhejiang province, July 4, 2013. A heat wave hit most parts of China on Thursday and the local temperature reached 37 degrees Celsius. [Photo/He Xiaohua\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.