World reaction to the death of Steve Jobs

Mourners take pictures of flowers and messages placed around an image of Apple co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, outside the Apple store in Beijing, China on Thursday, Oct. 6. Steve Jobs, who had been suffering from pancreatic cancer died at the age of 56 on Wednesday.

A picture reading "Danke, Steve" (Thank you, Steve) was placed outside of the Apple Store in remembrance of Steve Jobs on Thursday in Frankfurt. Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976 and is credited, along with Steve Wozniak, with marketing the world's first personal computer in addition to the popular iPod, iPhone and iPad.

A tribute placed in front of an Apple store in Munich on Thursday reads in part: "A man I did not know but whose inventions (iphone) made me confident of living in an alien country with a language i didn't know. Thank you."

A newspaper vendor sells copies of a newspaper in Hong Kong, on Thursday. The headline, written in Chinese, reads "Steve Jobs pass away."

Two apples are placed at the entrance the Apple store in Paris, Thursday.

Takashi Udagawa, 15, a high school senior, prays after laying a bouquet of flowers in tribute to Steve Jobs in front of an Apple Store in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo on Thursday.

Fans leaves condolence notes at an Apple retail store in Hong Kong on Thursday.

Tributes to Steve Jobs are placed outside the Apple Store in Covent Garden, Thursday in London.

Pedestrians walk past a tribute to Steve Jobs outside the Apple Store in Sydney on Thursday.

A Malaysian writes a note of condolence in honor of Steve Jobs at an Apple computer outlet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday.

Chetan Patwardhan, second from left, writes on the sidewalk outside the the home of Steve Jobs, alongside his daughter Anisha, left, in Palo Alto, Calif., on Wednesday.

Passersby record a memorial to Steve Jobs in front of the Apple store on 5th Avenue, in New York City, on Thursday. The well-known glass cube entrance is currently under reconstruction.

A woman takes a picture with of a memorial with an iPhone in front of the Apple Store in Santa Monica, Calif.

Chinese exchange students from nearby De Anza College use candles to create the Apple logo and Steve Jobs' last name in Chinese characters at a makeshift memorial for him at the Apple headquarters on Wednesday in Cupertino, Calif.

A crowd gathers at a makeshift memorial for Steve Jobs at the Apple headquarters on Wednesday in Cupertino, Calif.

An apple ommemorating the life of Steve Jobs sits outside an Apple store Wednesday in Pasadena, Calif.