From Aljezeera to Le Monde; from the BBC and USA Today to the Frankfurter Allgemeine. Almost every major global news service has reported on the death of Steve Irwin. Google News points to 1504 stories and, despite the short news cycle on the internet, it is still the major story on CNN.com as I write. As Premier Peter Beattie said last night, in America they know Steve Irwin but they don't know who the prime minister of Australia is.
PS: As I expected, Irwin's family has been offered a state funeral.