A giant panda, around 100 kilograms, is photographed after it climbed up a spruce tree about 30 meters high in Zhouzhi county, Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Oct 14, 2013. [Photo/CFP]
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.