Read all about it?

In the last few days, I've read three news stories that I can't get out of my head. All three made me cry, but I didn't actually need to know about any of them. (And you don't either, although I am going to refer to one later in the post, so you may want to stop reading now.)

What I mean is, none of them were of, say, national or international importance. They were all about individuals. The only thing me reading about them has done is to make me upset on behalf of people I don't know and...