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Cleo Smith search: How devastating story has made headlines across the world

Troy de RuyterThe West Australian
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The devastating case of little Cleo Smith has not just grabbed the nation’s attention — it has also made headlines across the globe.

British media has been captivated by the mystery of the four-year-old who vanished from her family’s tent at the Blowholes near Carnarvon.

Big-selling tabloids The Sun, The Daily Mail and The Mirror have been relaying the unfolding saga in their newspapers and on their websites.

The unfolding events of each day since Cleo went missing in the early hours of last Saturday have also been capturing readers of broadsheets such as The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph.

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Cleo with mum Ellie Smith and partner Jake Gliddon.
Camera IconCleo with mum Ellie Smith and partner Jake Gliddon. Credit: Facebook / Ellie Smith/Facebook / Ellie Smith

On the Tube in London, readers are being filled in on what is happening in the case via the Metro.

And the biggest news story in WA — if not Australia — has certainly not been lost on media giant the BBC, which is closely following events as they unfold.

Even in America, where mass shootings are almost a daily event, the story of Cleo has worked its way into the country’s consciousness.

US media behemoth CNN has picked up the story and has been updating its customers through footage, including Cleo’s mum Ellie Smith and stepfather Jake Gliddon pleading for their little girl to come home.

Major newspapers the New York Times and New York Post have both kept readers up-to-date with the story, while the desperate search has also made news on The Washington Post and across much of America, including the Star Tribune in the mid-west state of Minnesota.

Indian media have also latched onto the story, with the Global Herald keeping its readers abreast, and the Independent Newspaper in Nigeria giving the mystery, which WA Police are now treating as an abduction, a presence in Africa.

Less surprisingly is the fact that our neighbours across the Tasman in New Zealand are being informed daily via media such as the NZ Herald.

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