French astronaut Herve Stevenin, wearing a spacesuit, trains in a swimming pool in Marseille, southern France, on Sept 2, 2013. The underwater training session attempts to mimic the effects of zero gravity in space. [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.