46-year-old Hu, who lost half of his skull in an accident, is pictured before the operation to implant a customized 3D-printed titanium half-skull at the Xijing hospital in Xi'an on Aug 27, 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.