Why are the deaths of foreign nationals mourned differently based on location of death?

Question

What I mean is, why are there tears for visiting Egyptian students killed in a rampage in the US and little concern about the same type of event when it happens in the middle east?

Answer 1

Because the media chooses to show us what they want us to see...

Answer 2

Their families and friends grieve in any case.
As for the rest of us, we are shocked by a "senseless" killing that we feel is abnormal, random, and which challenges our sense of reality. We are mourning a sense of worldly order as much as the deaths, in fact more so if we have no connection to the individuals.
When I say this, I am not belittling this feeling. A sense of order in the world is a life-and-death matter; we need to know where the dangers are so we can protect ourselves and others. The nation that there is a danger we don't understand and can't protect against is profoundly upsetting. It is also part of life, just as the death of a loved one is.