User blog comment:SpacePucky/Our thoughts are at the victims and their relatives in Paris/@comment-6548012-20151116192118/@comment-26575390-20151209181814

(I'm sorry I'm posting after such a long time but I've just seen that there are comments here)

The reason I personally care more about france than Nigeria or Libanon because I live in a neighboured country. Of course I care for the other countries too, but france has a big political role and is neighboured which gets more attention.

The media doesn't report about victims in the middle east/africa, like they nearly don't report about Greece's financial crisis or the eastern Ukraine conflict; the (for example) newspapers look for new topics to keep their readers more entertained.

There haven't been big terrorist attacks in Europe since a long time, so the new attacks make the people fear more because they got used to safety.

These factors make up the difference in caring in my opinion.

Best regards ^-^