French climber Alain Robert, also known as "Spiderman", scales the Tour Montparnasse, a 210-meter (689 ft) building in central Paris, France April 28, 2015. Robert scaled the tower with a Nepal flag in tribute to earthquake victims. [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.