Zimbabweans are suffering record inflation and unemployment, and many are going hungry.
This monsoon season has been one of the strongest in China's recent history, with 150 towns and cities reportedly suffering record rainfall.
Other airlines are also making major schedule changes, but United, which had been suffering record losses before the attacks, is cutting back more deeply.
The EU said in the leaked memo that it is "aware of the worsening security situation and threats to which people are exposed" and that Afghanistan is suffering "record levels of terrorist attacks and civilian casualties".
It was only for that one week, but the very fact that the trend – showing income rising as costs fall – is up at all is remarkable at a time when newsprint publishers in Britain are suffering record losses.
Latinos are suffering record levels of joblessness (15%) and polls suggest that conservative and moderate Latino voters are just as disappointed with the Obama administration's handling of key issues (the economy, Afghanistan) as the "average" American voter.
The Tumblr was started by Erick Erickson, and the argument behind it appears to be: "Sure, America may be suffering record unemployment, a go-nowhere economy, uninsured numbers in the millions, a foreclosure crisis and household debt that is 90% of the GDP, but as long as there's still a federal income tax, you should shut up and suffer".
While Europe has been suffering record high temperatures since June, the U.S. continues to endure its usual summertime cocktail of heat, haze, humidity and the occasional tropical storm.
The US is suffering record low temperatures, with arctic blasts being blamed on a weather pattern known as the polar vortex.
The financial sector meltdown destroyed overall demand, which in turn crashed the real economy (GM and Chrysler, weak enough already, were pushed over the edge by the financial collapse. But even the powerhouse importers like Toyota and Honda are suffering record losses).
