Staten Island residents hold a sign as they march during an event on the boardwalk on the south shore to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York City, October 29, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
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.