Villagers help Tan Yong to launch his homemade submarine for its maiden voyage in a river in Lijiashan village, Danjiangkou city, Central China's Hubei province, August 15, 2014. [Photo/IC]
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.