Xu Jinbo, a border soldier, holds military dog Xiaolong in his arms, because the dog is shivering with cold in Heihe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Feb 21, 2015. [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.