Occupy Wall Street protests continue

The movement, which started Sept. 17 with a few dozen demonstrators who tried to pitch tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange, has spread to cities around the world.

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Nov. 18, 2011

Protesters hold signs and shout during a walk in Newark to begin an Occupy Newark protest. The group plans to stay in Newark's Military Park.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Hundreds of Occupy Seattle protesters and union workers march from the University of Washington to the University Bridge. Their action snarled traffic in Seattle.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A police officer uses pepper spray on an Occupy Portland protester at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Ore.

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Nov.18, 2011

A sign and a pair of socks are left in a nearly deserted Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street's former encampment in Lower Manhattan.

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Nov. 18, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street protester plays a guitar in nearly deserted Zuccotti Park, the movement's former encampment in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A protester raises his fist while chanting on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters with Occupy Wall Street march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A protester is grabbed by police as he tries to escape a scuffle in Zuccotti Park in New York. Hundreds of demonstrators were arrested, many of them in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators clash with New York City police inside Zuccotti Park.

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Nov. 17, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street protester yells as he is arrested after blocking an intersection near the New York Stock Exchange in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters carry a tent during a rally in the downtown financial district of Los Angeles.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters march down K Street NW in Washington to mark the movement's two-month anniversary.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Jose, a worker at Marcel's restaurant, looks out the window as demonstrators march by.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters march down M Street NW. They marched to Key Bridge at rush hour.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A bicyclist watches protesters march down K Street NW.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A protester going by the alias "Random" waves a U.S. flag.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters from Occupy D.C. and other groups demonstrate on the Key Bridge.

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Nov. 17, 2011

"DEA" rallied protesters, chanting, "Whose D.C.? Our D.C." .

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters demonstrate on the Key Bridge.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters were joined by teachers and other unionized workers for the day’s chilly march.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters march down K Street NW after the afternoon protest on Key Bridge.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters meet mounted police while marching back from the afternoon protest.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Police officers walk away from the Key Bridge as Occupy D.C. demonstrators begin to disperse.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Jai Veda, left, attempts to calm an enraged camper following an altercation with another camper on the Occupy San Francisco campsite.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Police move in to arrest protesters during an Occupy LA protest in Los Angeles. Occupy demonstrators held modestly sized, but energetic rallies around the country Thursday to celebrate two months since the movement’s birth and signal that they aren’t ready to quit yet, despite police raids that have destroyed some encampments.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A member of Occupy LA protests after their group is surrounded by the Los Angeles Police Department during an Occupy LA protest in downtown Los Angeles. The protest was part of a "Day of Action" marking the two-month anniversary of the movement that started in New York as Occupy Wall Street.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Members of Occupy LA protest outside Bank of America in downtown Los Angeles.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Occupy LA protesters march through downtown Los Angeles during a rally.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A protester chants his slogans in front of police officers during an Occupy LA rally in Los Angeles.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters demonstrate in the downtown financial district of Los Angeles.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters demonstrate in the downtown financial district of Los Angeles.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Demonstrators walk down Fifth Street on the two-month anniversary of the Occupy movement in Los Angeles.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Members of Occupy LA protest outside Bank of America in downtown Los Angeles.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A demonstrator is arrested and carried off by members of the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters march in downtown Portland, Ore., during a planned nationwide protest marking two months since the Occupy Wall Street movement began.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Police hold back Occupy protesters from crossing the Steel Bridge in Portland, Ore. A handful of protesters were peacefully arrested.

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Nov. 17, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street protester is removed by police after blocking access to the New York Stock Exchange area in New York. About 1,000 protesters converged on Wall Street on Thursday, and fights erupted outside the New York Stock Exchange amid a tense face-off with police. Demonstrators scuffled with men in business suits trying to push their way through the crowds on the way to work at the start of a day of protests in a show of force by the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators clash with New York police officers during what protest organizers called a "Day of Action" in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Police officers arrest a demonstrator affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy movement was cleared by authorities, demonstrators marched through New York's financial district and promised a national day of action with mass gatherings in other cities.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A businessman tries to break through a line of Occupy Wall Street protesters who had locked arms and blocked access to the New York Stock Exchange area in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators shout slogans during what protest organizers called a "Day of Action" in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Demonstrators protest on the “Day of Action” in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

New York police officers prevent protesters from entering Wall Street from the east.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Demonstrators with Occupy Wall Street march on Broadway near the New York Stock Exchange as they mark the two-month anniversary of the protest in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street movement march in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street demonstrator argues with a New York police officer during what protest organizers called a "Day of Action" in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

A New York police officer clashes with an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator during what protest organizers called a "Day of Action" in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Police officers arrest a demonstrator affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Members of the New York Police Department arrest a demonstrator in New York. Officers stood prepared for tens of thousands of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to descend on the Financial District, and ringed the area with metal barricades to deter crowds from reaching their goal of surrounding the New York Stock Exchange.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street are arrested by police a few blocks from the New York Stock Exchange.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement assemble across the street from Zuccotti Park before marching through the streets of the Financial District in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters lock arms and block access to the New York Stock Exchange area in New York.

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Nov. 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators beat drums in a display of hope for peaceful protests near Zuccotti Park in New York.

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Nov. 16, 2011

An Occupy protester sits on a desk inside a Bank of America branch office in the financial district of San Francisco.

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Nov. 16, 2011

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a cabinet meeting in Albany, N.Y. Cuomo says arrests of Occupy Albany protesters at the state park near his Capitol offices will continue.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters move signs over a wall into an enclosed site near Canal Street in New York.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Dressed in a rat costume, Earla Penn walks out to the street to flash a sign at passing motorists near the Occupy Las Vegas camp site.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Police officers use pepper spray on a crowd during an Occupy Seattle protest.

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Nov. 15, 2011

A woman, who gave her name as Jennifer and said she was two months pregnant, is rushed to an ambulance after being hit with pepper spray at an Occupy Seattle protest.

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Nov. 15, 2011

University of California student Colleen Young sits in her tent after a general assembly voted to again occupy campus.

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Nov. 16, 2011

A solitary Occupy Wall Street protester holds a sign outside a nearly empty Zuccotti Park during the early morning hours in New York. Crackdowns against the Occupy Wall Street encampments across the country reached the epicenter of the movement Tuesday, when police rousted protesters from the park and a judge ruled that their free speech rights do not extend to pitching a tent and setting up camp for months at a time.

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Nov. 16, 2011

The sun rises on Zuccotti Park in New York City. Police had removed the protesters from the park early in the morning. A judge ruled that protesters are allowed back to the park but won't be allowed to camp there. Hundreds of protesters, who rallied against inequality in America, have slept in tents and under tarps since Sept. 17 in Zuccotti Park, which has since become the epicenter of the global Occupy movement. The raid in New York City follows recent similar moves in Oakland, Calif., and Portland, Ore

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Nov. 16, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters sleep in a McDonalds near Zuccotti Park in New York City. Police had removed the protesters from the park early in the morning.

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Nov. 16, 2011

Security enforces a no sleeping bag rule in Zuccotti Park. Police had removed the protesters from the park early in the morning.

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Nov. 16, 2011

New York police enforce a no sleeping rule in Zuccotti Park in New York City.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Two protesters, who said they have stayed with other demonstrators for the past 56 nights, and their dog sit along a police barricade at the edge of Zuccotti Park in New York after the Occupy Wall Street encampment was cleared from the park in the early morning hours after a nearly two month occupation.

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Nov. 15, 2011

New York City police stand on the edge Zuccotti Park in New York after the Occupy Wall Street encampment was cleared from the park in the early morning hours after a nearly two month occupation. The park opened again Tuesday.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters gather together at Foley Square after being evicted from Zuccotti Park in New York. Police flooded into the New York cradle of anti-Wall Street protests, driving out demonstrators and tearing down tents in a surprise strike at the heart of the two-month-old movement. The late-night crackdown at the birthplace of Occupy Wall Street, launched after similar evictions in other cities, signaled a tougher line by authorities toward the protests against Wall Street and Washington elites.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters regroup in Foley Square after New York City police in riot gear removed the protesters from Zuccotti Park. The evacuation followed similar moves in Oakland, Calif., and Portland, Ore.. Hundreds of protesters, who rallied against inequality in America, have slept in tents and under tarps since Sept. 17 in Zuccotti Park, which became the epicenter of the global Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Workers power wash Zuccotti Park after the Occupy Wall Street movement's campground was removed by the Department of Sanitation and the New York Police Department. Police wearing helmets and carrying shields evicted protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement early on Tuesday from the park in New York City's financial district where they have camped since September, dismantling their tent city and arresting about 70 people.

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Nov. 15, 2011

New York City sanitation crews clean Zuccotti Park after city officials evicted the Occupy Wall Street protest from the park in the early morning hours. Occupy Wall Street protestors most feared the coming winter, but it was on the mildest of nights, when activists slept soundly in their tents, that New York police sprang a surprise operation to end the eight-week demonstration.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Police officers order Occupy Wall Street protesters to leave Zuccotti Park, their longtime encampment in New York. At about 1 a.m. Tuesday, police handed out notices from the park's owner, Brookfield Office Properties, and the city saying that the park had to be cleared because it had become unsanitary and hazardous. Protesters were told they could return, but without sleeping bags, tarps or tents.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Police officers clean up the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park in New York after ordering protesters to leave.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Workers clean-up Zuccotti Park after New York City police in riot gear removed Occupy Wall Street protesters.

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Nov. 15, 2011

A protester affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement pours liquid over the eyes of another fellow protester to ease the pain from pepper spray during an unannounced raid by the New York City Police Department outside Zuccotti Park in New York.

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Nov. 15, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street protestor draws contact from a police officer near Zuccotti Park after being ordered to leave the longtime encampment in New York.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters clash with police near Zuccotti Park after being ordered to leave their longtime encampment in New York.

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Nov. 15, 2011

A New York Police Department lieutenant prepares to strike Brent Schmidt, right, after members of the Occupy Wall Street movement had been removed from Zuccotti Park in New York.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters clash with police at Zuccotti Park after being ordered to leave their longtime encampment in New York.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Police officers order Occupy Wall Street protesters to leave Zuccotti Park, their longtime encampment in New York.

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Nov. 15, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street protester yells at police after being ordered to leave Zuccotti Park.

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Nov. 15, 2011

A demonstrator yells at police officers as they order Occupy Wall Street protesters to leave Zuccotti Park.

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Nov. 15, 2011

In this image made using a cellphone, police gather to order Occupy Wall Street protesters to leave Zuccotti Park.

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Nov. 15, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street demonstrator gestures after being cleared from Zuccotti Park.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Police block streets and control the crowd as Occupy Wall Street protesters are ordered to leave Zuccotti Park.

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Nov. 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters are ordered to leave Zuccotti Park, their longtime encampment in New York.

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Nov. 13, 2011

A protester offers police a rose after the deadline passed when the city wanted them to vacate the Occupy Portland Camp in Portland, Ore. Thousands of protesters showed up as mounted police and police in riot gear moved in, but were forced to back down by the crowd.

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Nov. 13, 2011

Police officers arrest a protester in the Occupy Portland encampment in Portland, Ore. In a tense escalation of the Occupy Portland protest, police in riot gear Sunday surrounded demonstrators in the downtown park area, after hundreds of people defied the mayor's order to leave the park by midnight.

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Nov. 13, 2011

Protesters sit in the middle of a road in defiance of police instructions near the Occupy Portland encampment in Portland, Ore. Portland police have reclaimed the two parks in which occupiers have been camping after a night of brinksmanship with protesting crowds of several thousands.

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Nov. 13, 2011

Police using nightsticks push people away from the Occupy Portland encampment in Portland, Ore. In an escalation of the Occupy Portland protest, police in riot gear surrounded demonstrators in a downtown park after hundreds of people defied the mayor's order to leave the park by midnight. By early afternoon, officers had mostly surrounded the camp where the protesters were holding a meeting to discuss their next moves following the eviction order.

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Nov. 13, 2011

A masked protester looks on as police officers using nightsticks push people away from the Occupy Portland encampment in Portland, Ore.

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Nov. 13, 2011

Three women chant slogans near the former Occupy Portland encampment.

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Nov. 13, 2011

Police officers arrests protesters in the Portland encampment.

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Nov. 13, 2011

A police officer drags a protester in the Portland encampment.

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Nov. 13, 2011

A young protester is led off in handcuffs after being arrested near the Occupy Portland encampment.

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Nov. 13, 2011

A protester gives the peace sign as he is taken to an ambulance after being arrested at the Occupy Portland camp. Several hundred protesters, some of them wearing goggles and gas masks, stared down police on Sunday, after officers in riot gear drove Occupy Portland demonstrators from a downtown park into the street.

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Nov. 12, 2011

An Occupy Denver protester is handcuffed while a police officer holds his knee to his head. The protester was tackled when he called police officers a profane name while walking past them as they were arresting people on the 16th Street Mall in Denver. Hundreds of Occupy Denver protesters marched through downtown, and police eventually removed all the protesters from Civic Center Park. Another march down the 16th Street Mall resulted in more arrests.

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Nov. 12, 2011

Members of Occupy Salt Lake City discuss options after being informed police will begin clearing the park where they are camped out. City officials decided to close the park after a man was found dead in the encampment Friday.

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Nov. 11, 2011

A body is removed from a tent in the Occupy Salt Lake City camp in Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City. A cause of death was not available, but authorities say it did not immediately appear to be foul play. Demonstrators with Occupy Salt Lake City have been in Pioneer Park for weeks, protesting what they say is corporate greed, in solidarity with the larger Occupy Wall Street protests.

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Nov. 10, 2011

An Oakland police officer raises his hands to his head at the scene where a man was shot and killed near an Occupy Oakland encampment in Oakland, Calif. An organizer for Occupy Oakland said the attack was unrelated to ongoing protest of U.S. financial institutions. After at least two shots were fired and the man collapsed, screams rang out across the crowded plaza outside Oakland City Hall. The camp, which has about 180 tents, sits in the middle of the plaza and is ringed by a transit station and ground-floor shops.

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Nov. 10, 2011

An Occupy Oakland protester holds a candlelight vigil after a man was shot and killed near the Occupy Oakland camp.

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Nov. 9, 2011

More than 20 members of the Occupy Wall Street movement leave Zuccotti Park in New York and begin a highway hike to Washington. The demonstrators hope to pick up supporters in towns and cities along the way.

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Nov. 9, 2011

Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement disembark in Jersey City after leaving New York to begin a highway hike to Washington, D.C.

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Nov. 7, 2011

A lone member of the Occupy Atlanta movement is arrested by Atlanta police at Woodruff Park early Monday. The group was trying to reoccupy the park they had been encamped in for the second night in a row.

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Nov. 7, 2011

Members of the Occupy Atlanta protest movement are monitored by an Atlanta police officer on the sidewalk outside of Woodruff Park.

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Nov. 6, 2011

Members of Occupy Atlanta, left, leave Woodruff Park under the watch of the Atlanta Police Department.

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Nov. 6, 2011

A member of Occupy Atlanta protest movement removes his signs from Woodruff Park in Atlanta.

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Nov. 5, 2011

An Occupy Sydney protester is arrested by police while sitting in a tent in Sydney. The activists, part of a global protest against corporate greed, have vowed to reoccupy a pedestrian mall in the heart of Sydney's business district.

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Nov. 5, 2011

A protester from the "Occupy Sydney" movement is arrested during a demonstration at Hyde Park in central Sydney. Hundreds gathered on Saturday to protest economic inequality.

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Nov. 4, 2011

Paramedics tend to an unidentified protester in Washington, D.C., who was hit by a vehicle that drove through a line of protesters attempting to block the street. The Occupy DC protesters were demonstrating against the "Defending the American Dream" summit at the Washington Convention Center, an event sponsored by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a free-market group affiliated with the tea party movement.

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Nov. 4, 2011

An unidentified protester is tended to by paramedics in Washington, D.C. Three people were hit by a vehicle that drove through a line of protesters attempting to block the street. The driver was not cited but the three were arrested for failure to obey an officer and were fined. The protesters were demonstrating against the "Defending the American Dream" summit at the Washington Convention Center. The event was sponsored by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. The free-market group is affiliated with the tea party movement.

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Nov. 4, 2011

Hundreds of demonstrators from the Occupy Movement, Health Care for America Now, Common Cause and other progressive organizations march past the Washington Convention Center while protesting against the "Defending the American Dream" summit in Washington, DC. The conservative political summit is organized by Americans for Prosperity, which was founded with the support of brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch of Koch Industries.

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Nov. 4, 2011

Occupy DC protesters wanted to be heard and seen where a conservative group was holding a dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

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Nov. 4, 2011

Occupy DC protesters blocked the doors where a conservative group was holding a dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on November 04, 2011 in Washington, DC.

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Nov. 3, 2011

An anarchy symbol is painted the entrance to an office building at 1333 Broadway in Oakland, Calif., following an Occupy Oakland protest early Thursday morning. After a mainly peaceful day-long rally by thousands of anti-Wall Street demonstrators, several hundred reconvened during the night with a few painting graffiti, breaking windows and setting fire to garbage cans.

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Nov. 3, 2011

Occupy Oakland protesters pass a burning garbage heap during a confrontation with police in Oakland, Calif.

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Nov. 3, 2011

An Occupy Oakland protester waves a flag next to a bonfire.

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Nov. 3, 2011

Protesters help an injured Occupy Oakland demonstrator after a police-fired projectile struck his leg.

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Nov. 3, 2011

Sheriff's deputies advance on Occupy Oakland protesters.

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Nov. 2, 2011

Protesters from the Occupy Boston movement, students from area colleges and union workers chant and display placards and the American flag as they march through downtown Boston. The march was held to protest the nation’s growing student debt burden.

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Nov. 2, 2011

Demonstrators with the Occupy movement gather in Oakland, Calif. The group called for a general strike today, and planned to march on the city's port later in the day.

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Nov. 2, 2011

A sign hangs in the window of a Men's Wearhouse store in solidarity with Occupy Oakland's general strike in Oakland, Calif. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets for a general strike.

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Nov. 2, 2011

Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters are in the streets of Oakland, Calif., as part of a day-long series of events aimed at showing the movement's strength and unity.

Ben Margot / AP

Nov. 1, 2011

Tomaro Xi of Santa Rosa, Calif., camps out with her children and a friend on the lawn of City Hall as part of the Occupy Santa Rosa protest.

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Oct. 27, 2011

Security guards watch as anti-capitalism protesters make speeches in London's Canary Wharf. This is the first time the protesters, who are part of the Occupy London movement, had come to London's financial hub, home to banks including HSBC and Barclays.

Russell Boyce / Reuters

Oct. 27, 2011

Tents of the capitalism-criticizing ”Occupy Frankfurt” movement are pictured next to the euro currency sign sculpture in front of the European Central Bank headquarters during a protest in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Oct. 26, 2011

A protester, center, poses after helping take down a fence surrounding Frank H. Ogawa Plaza near Oakland, Calif., City Hall where the Occupy Oakland camp site was set the previous day. An Iraq war veteran was critically injured after riot police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters near San Francisco, supporters said.

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Oct. 26, 2011

"Occupy Oakland" protesters take down the fence surrounding Frank H. Ogawa Plaza near Oakland City Hall.

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$Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old Iraq War veteran, lies on the ground bleeding from a head wound after being struck by a projectile during an Occupy Wall Street protest in Oakland, Calif. Olsen suffered a fractured skull while marching with other protesters attempting to reestablish a presence in the area of the disbanded camp, said Dottie Guy, of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. Police Chief Howard Jordan says an internal review board and local prosecutors have been asked to determine if officers on the scene used excessive force.$

Oct. 25, 2011

Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old Iraq War veteran, lies on the ground bleeding from a head wound after being struck by a projectile during an Occupy Wall Street protest in Oakland, Calif. Olsen suffered a fractured skull while marching with other protesters attempting to reestablish a presence in the area of the disbanded camp, said Dottie Guy, of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. Police Chief Howard Jordan says an internal review board and local prosecutors have been asked to determine if officers on the scene used excessive force.

Jay Finneburgh / AP

Oct. 25, 2011

Oakland police search tents in Frank Ogawa Plaza as they disperse Occupy Oakland protesters. City officials had originally been supportive of the protesters, but the city later warned the protesters that they were breaking the law and could not stay in the encampment overnight.

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Oct. 25, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters run from tear gas deployed by police at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland, Calif. About 200 remained late , some riding bicycles, protecting themselves from the noxious fumes with bandanas and scarves wrapped around their faces.

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Oct. 25, 2011

Police remove an Occupy Oakland camper from Snow Park in Oakland, Calif. Police in riot gear began clearing protesters from the plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall, where they have been camped out for about two weeks. City officials had originally been supportive of the protesters, but the city later warned the protesters that they were breaking the law and could not stay in the encampment overnight.

Noah Berger / AP

Oct. 24, 2011

Amanda Savage, an Occupy Wall Street protester in Zuccotti Park in New York, fixes her makeup after shedding tears over her personal situation. Savage, who said she had been living in the park for several weeks, joined the military to earn money after being laid off from her job as a chef. Her boyfriend is serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan.

Kathy Willens / AP

Oct. 24, 2011

Protesters hold a camp meeting at a second demonstration campsite formed by supporters of the Occupy London Stock Exchange group in Finsbury Square, London.

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Oct. 23, 2011

A protester gets arrested during an Occupy Chicago march and protest in Grant Park. Demonstrators of the anti-Wall Street group stood their ground in the downtown Chicago park and defied police orders to clear the area, prompting police to make more than a dozen arrests early Sunday.

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Oct. 23, 2011

Police carry away a protester in Chicago's Grant Park.

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Oct. 23, 2011

Occupy the London Stock Exchange protesters set up tents outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

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Oct. 22, 2011

Protesters from the Occupy London Stock Exchange demonstration begin a second area of occupation in Finsbury Square in London. The surprise encampment took place during a scheduled march through London. The dean of St. Paul's has closed the cathedral and requested that the Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters leave the area where they have been camped for one week in protest against the global financial system.

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Oct. 22, 2011

Musician Pete Seeger, 92, exits the Symphony Space on New York's Upper West Side to march with demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests. The demonstrators marched down Broadway singing "This Little Light of Mine" and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice.

John Minchillo / AP

Oct. 22, 2011

Demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests sing at a brief acoustic concert in Columbus Circle in New York.

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Oct. 22, 2011

Iranian women gather for a demonstration in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement outside the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which handles U.S. interests.

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Oct. 21, 2001

The Council on American Islamic Relations New York Chapter (CAIR-NY), led by Imam Aiyub Abdul Baki, holds Friday prayers as demonstrators with 'Occupy Wall Street' continue their protest at Zuccotti Park in New York. The encampment in the financial district of New York City is now in its second month. The demonstrators are protesting bank bailouts, foreclosures and high unemployment.

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Oct. 21, 2001

Police clash with 'Occupy Melbourne" protesters in Melbourne, Australia. Protesters and riot police clashed after police, acting on a Melbourne City Council eviction order, attempted to break up the crowd of hundreds that had been positioned in City Square for a week.

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Oct. 17, 2011

Demonstrators wave banners among the tents outside St. Paul's Cathedral in central London. Demonstrators promise to occupy the site indefinitely to show their anger at bankers and politicians over the global economic crisis.

Luke MacGregor / Reuters

Oct. 17, 2011

A flag made by Occupy Wall Street demonstrators is seen in Zuccotti Park in New York.

Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

Oct. 17, 2011

Demonstrators stand between protest banners underneath the euro sign in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. Protesters gathered in many major European cities to join in demonstrations against corporate greed and inequality to support the Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S.

Thomas Lohnes / AP

Oct. 17, 2011

A guard inside the Toronto Stock Exchange watches as protesters gather in the city's financial district. Canada’s Occupy Bay Street protest continues into its third day. Bay Street is in the center of Toronto’s financial district.

Chris Young / AP

Oct. 17, 2011

Customers use NatWest bank ATMs surrounded by posters during the "Occupy the London Stock Exchange" demonstration outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London. British police sealed off routes to the London Stock Exchange following protests against economic inequality.

Simon Dawson / Bloomberg News

Oct. 17, 2011

Signs are placed in front of St. Paul's Cathedral on the third day of a protest to occupy the London Stock Exchange in London. Approximately 250 protesters in 100 tents are camped outside St. Paul's Cathedral, which is adjacent to the London Stock Exchange.

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Oct. 17, 2011

A banner put up by protesters from the Occupy the London Stock Exchange group hangs besides tents pitched outside St. Paul's Cathedral before sunrise, as the group continues its demonstration in London. Protesters in cities across Europe have taken part in rallies inspired by the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the United States, expressing their frustration at social inequality and corporate greed.

Matt Dunham / AP

Oct. 15, 2011

Protesters with the "Occupy Seattle" movement burn a Bank of America debit card as they protest.

Ted S. Warren / AP

Oct. 15, 2011

Police officers take shelter from firecrackers during clashes in Rome. Protesters in Rome smashed shop windows and torched cars as violence broke out during a demonstration in the Italian capital, part of worldwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures entitled inspired by Occupy Wall Street.

Gregorio Borgia / AP

Oct. 15, 2011

Demonstrators associated with the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement protest in Times Square in New York. Thousands of people are taking to the streets in cities across the world inspired by the 'Occupy Wall Street' protests against the global financial system.

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Oct. 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street participants try to push through barricade as police stop them from taking their protest into Times Square in New York.

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Oct. 15, 2011

Police officers on scooters follow along a mass of Occupy Wall Street protesters as they march toward Times Square the day after successfully resisting a potential eviction from their camp in Zuccotti Park in New York. As many as 1,000 protesters were marching Saturday morning to a Chase bank branch in the financial district, banging drums, blowing horns and carrying signs decrying corporate greed. Other demonstrations were planned around the city Saturday.

John Minchillo / AP

Oct. 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters demonstrate in Zuccotti Park near Wall Street.

Allison Joyce / Reuters

Oct. 15, 2011

An Occupy D.C. protester shouts as demonstrators rally in front of the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington.

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Oct. 15, 2011

Thousands of demonstrators gather at Madrid's landmark Puerta del Sol plaza as part of the protests against the global financial system. Demonstrations touched most European capitals Saturday and rippled across the globe.

Susana Vera / Reuters

Oct. 15, 2011

Protesters march past the Colosseum during a demonstration in Rome. Tens of thousands marched in Rome as part of a global day of protests inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement. Protesters launched street demonstrations against corporate greed and budget cutbacks in a rolling action targeting 82 countries.

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Oct. 15, 2011

South Korean protesters participate in an Occupy Seoul rally.

Ahn Young-joon / AP

Oct. 15, 2011

A police officer subdues a protester in front of the Basilica of St. John Lateran during clashes in Rome. Italian police fired tear gas and water cannons as protesters in Rome turned a demonstration against corporate greed into a riot, smashing shop and bank windows, torching cars and hurling bottles.

Gregorio Borgia / AP

Oct. 15, 2011

A demonstrator holds a bat as a police vehicle burns during a demonstration in Rome.

Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters

Oct. 15, 2011

A protester hurls a canister toward police next to a burning car during clashes in Rome. Protesters smashed shop windows and torched cars.

Gregorio Borgia / AP

Oct. 15, 2011

A protester aims an extinguisher at riot police during a demonstration in Rome.

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Oct. 15, 2011

Protesters march through smoke from flares during a demonstration in downtown Rome.

Mario Laporta / AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 15, 2011

Protesters attack a police vehicle during a demonstration in downtown Rome.

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Oct. 15, 2011

A protester waves a flag in front of riot police during a demonstration in Rome.

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Oct. 15, 2011

A car burns during a demonstration in Rome.

Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 15, 2011

People help an injured protester during a demonstration in Rome.

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Oct. 15, 2011

Protesters put their handprints on a banner during a demonstration in Zurich. Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Zurich's Paradeplatz, where Swiss banking giant UBS and Credit Suisse are located.

Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 15, 2011

A child looks through a line of police officers as protesters gather outside St. Paul's Cathedral during the Occupy London protest in London.

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Oct. 15, 2011

A protester wearing a cape made with U.S. dollars walks during a protest in Zurich.

Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 15, 2011

Protesters shout slogans during an Occupy Hong Kong rally outside the Hong Kong Exchange Square.

Kin Cheung / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

A New York City police officer shoves one of the demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street protests. The cleanup of a plaza in Lower Manhattan where protesters have been camped out for a month was postponed early Friday, sending cheers up from a crowd that had feared the effort was a pretext to evict them.

Mary Altaffer / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

A man affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street protests tackles a police officer during a march toward Wall Street. Police arrested 15 people, including protesters who obstructed traffic by standing or sitting in the street, and others who turned over trash baskets and hurled bottles.

Andrew Burton / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

Demonstrators confront New York City police officers.

Mary Altaffer / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

A protester sleeps inside a plastic bin in New York's Zuccotti Park.

Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters

Oct. 14, 2011

Participants in the Occupy Wall Street protest jump over a barricade while marching toward Wall Street after hearing the news that the owners of Zuccotti Park had withdrawn their request to have the park cleaned by the New York Police Department.

Andrew Burton / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

A New York City police vehicle arrives at Zuccotti Park. By postponing the cleaning of the park, its owner, Brookfield Office Properties, averted a confrontation between demonstrators and police who had threatened to remove tents and sleeping bags. The company said it decided to delay the cleaning “for a short period of time” at the request of “a number of local political leaders,” according to the Associated Press.

Scott Eells / Bloomberg

Oct. 14, 2011

A protester and a police officer face off in New York. The protests against corporate greed and economic inequality have spread to cities across the United States and around the world. Weekend demonstrations were planned in Canada and Europe, as well as in Asia and Africa, as tensions continued to rise in several U.S. cities.

Andrew Burton / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

New York police officers arrest a member of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Oct. 14, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters march toward Wall Street in New York after being heartened by the postponement of a scheduled cleanup of their camp at Zuccotti Park that many saw as a de facto eviction. Some arrests occurred after a few hundred protesters left Zuccotti Park and marched to the area around the New York Stock Exchange.

John Minchillo / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

Police officers clash with a protester from the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York.

Scott Eells / Bloomberg News

Oct. 14, 2011

A police officer, right, makes photographers back off as others arrest a person while Occupy Wall Street protesters march through the streets near Wall Street in New York.

Mary Altaffer / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

Police officers arrest Occupy Wall Street protesters as hundreds march toward Wall Street.

John Minchillo / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

A police officer warns a protester that he will be arrested if he does not remove himself from the path of police scooters, as hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters march on the financial district.

John Minchillo / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street protester is prepared for pepper spray and tear gas as hundreds march toward Wall Street.

John Minchillo / AP

Oct. 14, 2011

A costumed member of Occupy Wall Street stands in Zuccotti Park in New York.

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Oct. 13, 2011

Facing demands that they leave their base of Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan so the city could clean it, some Occupy Wall Street protesters spent the night cleaning things up themselves.

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Oct. 13, 2011

An Occupy L.A. protester plays his guitar at a rally in front of the Bank of America building in downtown Los Angeles.

Gene Blevins / Reuters

Oct. 13, 2011

A member of the Occupy Wall Street movement cleans a staircase in Zuccotti Park near the financial district of New York.

Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Oct. 12, 2011

Students march from the University of Washington to join the Occupy Seattle protest at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle.

Mark Harrison/The Seattle Times / AP

Oct. 12, 2011

Protester Amanda MaGee, front right, marches with others from downtown Providence, R.I., to Brown University in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. The march, part of Occupy Providence, concluded at Brown University, where they attended a talk called "Thinking Crisis: Thinking Change Teach-in," held to discuss the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York and its offshoots.

Steven Senne / AP

Oct. 12, 2011

Teodoro Zavora, left, takes part in an "Occupy Sen. John Cornyn's office" protest in San Antonio.

Eric Gay / AP

Oct. 12, 2011

Occupy Wall Street members sit on the ground after being arrested during a protest march at the J.P. Morgan Chase Bank tower near Wall Street in New York.

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Oct. 12, 2011

A family participates in an Occupy D.C. demonstration.

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Oct. 12, 2011

Police arrest marchers from Zuccotti Park during a protest near One Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York.

Bebeto Matthews / AP

Oct. 12, 2011

Occupy Wall Street members stage a protest march in New York.

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Oct. 12, 2011

A member of the Occupy Wall Street movement sleeps on a tarp while others listen to a speaker in Zuccotti Park.

Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Oct. 12, 2011

A protester stands under the heavy rain during an Occupy D.C. demonstration.

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Oct. 11, 2011

Demonstrators with Occupy Boston march toward the police station where fellow demonstrators were brought after police arrested people sleeping in an expansion of the Occupy Boston tent village in Boston, in the early morning hours.

Josh Reynolds / AP

Oct. 11, 2011

Protesters gather under a U.S. flag in Boston. Tensions boiled over early Tuesday in downtown Boston, where police arrested about 100 protesters from the Occupy Boston movement after the group expanded its encampment.

Yusuke Suzuki / Reuters

Oct. 11, 2011

A man walks through the Occupy Boston encampment in Boston.

Brian Snyder / Reuters

Oct. 11, 2011

A man meditates outside the Occupy Boston encampment.

Brian Snyder / Reuters

Oct. 11, 2011

Members of Occupy Wall Street sleep, spending the night on Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York. Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement scheduled a "Millionaires March" taking their march in front of the homes of some of New York City's wealthiest residents in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

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Oct. 11, 2011

Members of Occupy Wall Street line up for their free breakfast served by volunteers after spending the night in Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York.

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Oct. 10, 2011

Patricia Louise McGurk wakes up in Freedom Plaza as protesters continue their demonstration. Organizers of the Stop the Machine group have camped in the plaza east of the White House since Thursday.

Matt McClain / The Washington Post

Oct. 10, 2011

Andrew Stone rests in a makeshift camp in McPherson Square Park.

Marvin Joseph / The Washington Post

Oct. 10, 2011

Jamie Spencer-Zavos strums tunes for a few dozen protesters in McPherson Square Park.

Marvin Joseph / The Washington Post

Oct. 10, 2011

Two New York City police officers walk alongside a protestor affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street protests outside Zuccotti Park.

Andrew Burton / AP

Oct. 10, 2011

Laurentiu Garofeanu, right, is arrested by New York City police officers outside Zuccotti Park. Garofeanu, who returned to the park after his arrest, said he and a second man were charged with disorderly conduct and released after about two hours. Garofeanu said he was taking photos of police officers when he was arrested.

Andrew Burton / AP

Oct. 9, 2011

Protesters wearing masks take to the streets to appeal to people to join them for an upcoming protest in Hong Kong similar to those in New York.

Tyrone Siu / Reuters

Oct. 8, 2011

A demonstrator holds a sign at the Occupy L.A. protest on the lawn in front of Los Angeles City Hall.

Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters

Oct. 8, 2011

A demonstrator lies on the ground outside the entrance of the National Air and Space Museum after a “large group of protesters” tried to push past security guards and enter the museum, Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas said. Some were affiliated with Occupy D.C.

Jose Luis Magana / AP

Oct. 8, 2011

One demonstrator helps another flush her eyes with water.

Jose Luis Magana / AP

Oct. 8, 2011

A group of demonstrators sit outside the entrance to the Air and Space Museum after the incident.

Jose Luis Magana / AP

Oct. 7, 2011

A protester sleeps during the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York.

Stephen Yang / Bloomberg News

Oct. 7, 2011

A woman who identified herself as "Marygoround" attempts to balance numerous hula hoops while others toss more at her during the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in New York.

Andrew Burton / AP

Oct. 6, 2011

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers escort marchers on the Las Vegas Strip during an Occupy Las Vegas demonstration in Las Vegas.

Steve Marcus / Reuters

Oct. 6, 2011

Barry Freed, 22, left, and a person identified only as "America" wear masks and march to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.

Linda Davidson / The Washington Post

Oct. 6, 2011

Protesters lie motionless around fake coffins during an Occupy Austin protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Thomas Allison / AP

Oct. 6, 2011

Carol Shihadeh of Old Bridge, N.J., talks about being unemployed at 63 and how little Social Security pays in front of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the District.

Linda Davidson / The Washington Post

Oct. 6, 2011

John Joseph "Bodhi" Goforth, 58, of Eugene, Ore., plays with bubbles before a protest on Freedom Plaza in Washington. Demonstrators are protesting "corporate greed," defense spending, banks and rising income inequality.

Linda Davidson / The Washington Post

Oct. 6, 2011

Nick Santoro of Rutland, Vt., puts a bomber model plane in place before a protest at Freedom Plaza in Washington. He's with a group that opposes major defense spending and U.S. occupation of other countries.

Linda Davidson / The Washington Post

A bank employee peels off a sign left by demonstrators as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement protests in Los Angeles.

Damian Dovarganes / AP

Oct. 5, 2011

A man and his daughter join Occupy Wall Street and union protesters in New York City.

Mike Segar / Reuters

Oct. 5, 2011

A protester wears colored shoes and pants as he demonstrates in New York.

Mike Segar / Reuters

Oct. 5, 2011

Protesters with Occupy Wall Street leave Zuccotti Park in New York to join a rally at City Hall.

Craig Ruttle / AP

Oct. 5, 2011

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gather before a march to join teachers' unions near Wall Street in New York.

Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 5, 2011

A participant in the Occupy Wall Street demonstration rides a vehicle decorated as a pink unicorn during a march to join teachers' unions near Wall Street in New York.

Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images

Oct. 5, 2011

Tevor Roulstin, center, 25, from Durango, Colo., stands with a sign at the Occupy Wall Street protest as police confer at Zuccotti Park in New York.

Bebeto Matthews / AP

Oct. 4, 2011

An Occupy Wall Street protester yawns as he wakes up in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District in New York. The protests have gathered momentum and gained participants in recent days as news of mass arrests and a coordinated media campaign by the protesters have given rise to similar demonstrations around the country.

Seth Wenig / AP

Oct. 3, 2011

Anti-Wall Street protester Eric Hedman joins protesters on the lawn of Los Angeles City Hall.

Damian Dovarganes / AP

Oct. 3, 2011

Anti-Wall Street protesters camp on the lawn of Los Angeles City Hall. The demonstrators entering their third day of a protest outside the Los Angeles City Hall said Monday that they're planning to continue their action as long as it takes to build a national people's movement against corporate greed.

Damian Dovarganes / AP

Oct. 3, 2011

Anti-Wall Street protesters rally on the lawn of Los Angeles City Hall.

Damian Dovarganes / AP

Oct. 3, 2011

A demonstrator, with play money in her mouth and hair, marches with others dressed as "corporate zombies" as they take part in an Occupy Wall Street protest in lower Manhattan.

Mike Segar / Reuters

Oct. 3, 2011

A "corporate zombie" walks with others taking part in an Occupy Wall Street protest in their third week of demonstrations in lower Manhattan.

Mike Segar / Reuters

Oct. 3, 2011

Jason Potteiger, center, leads demonstrators in a chant in front of the Statehouse in Boston as part of an Occupy Boston demonstration.

Josh Reynolds / AP

Oct. 3, 2011

A participant in the Wall Street protests holds up a sign in New York.

Spencer Platt / Getty Images

Oct. 2, 2011

A street vendor waits for customers as participants in the Occupy Wall Street protests rest in Zuccotti Park. The demonstrators say they are protesting corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances. More than 700 were arrested on Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a confrontation with police.

John Minchillo / AP

Oct. 1, 2011

New York City police arrest demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement after the protesters attempted to cross the Brooklyn Bridge. That part of the bridge is not intended for pedestrians, and as the marchers crossed they were stopped midway by police.

Mario Tama / Getty Images

Oct. 1, 2011

Demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement are led away after being arrested when they attempted to cross the Brooklyn Bridge.

Mario Tama / Getty Images

Oct. 1, 2011

Police arrest a protester on the Brooklyn Bridge during Saturday's march by Occupy Wall Street. The attempt to cross the bridge led to more than 700 arrests. Most of those arrested were given citations for disorderly conduct and were released, police said.

Stephanie Keith / AP

Oct. 1, 2011

Demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement attempt to cross the Brooklyn Bridge.

Mario Tama / Getty Images

Oct. 1, 2011

Protesters react as police begin to make arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge during an Occupy Wall Street protest.

Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters

Oct. 1, 2011

Police arrest demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement after they attempted to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on the motorway.

Mario Tama / Getty Images

Oct. 1, 2011

Protesters hold signs after a march to Los Angeles City Hall during the Occupy Los Angeles demonstration in solidarity with the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest.

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Sept. 30, 2011

A protester from upstate New York who gave his name only as Zain holds up a sign in New York City. "I came down because of the state of the economy, society and the system,'' he says. "The rich stomp on the poor. I feel we are at a tipping point." Hundreds of activists affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations have been living in a park in the Financial District near Wall Street. The activists have been gradually converging on the Financial District over the past two weeks to rally against the influence of corporate money in politics, among a host of other issues.

Spencer Platt / Getty Images

Sept. 29, 2011

Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street campaign march in the rain through the streets of the Financial District of New York.

Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Sept. 29, 2011

A group of demonstrators scuffles with a Charles Schwab employee, right, at the door during a rally against banking institutions as part of the Occupy Wall Street campaign in San Francisco.

Stephen Lam / Reuters

Sept. 29, 2011

A participant in the Occupy Wall Street protest rests in Zuccotti Park in New York.

Timothy A. Clary / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 27, 2011

More than 700 Continental and United pilots, joined by additional pilots from the Air Line Pilots Association, demonstrate on Wall Street in New York. The pilots want to draw attention to the lack of progress in negotiations over the pilots' joint collective-bargaining agreement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the merger of United and Continental airlines.

Spencer Platt / Getty Images

Sept. 24, 2011

One of the marchers is taken into custody by police.

Tina Fineberg / AP

Sept. 21, 2011

Protesters sleep at Zuccotti Park, where they are camping out during the protest.

Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

Sept. 20, 2011

A few hundred demonstrators protesting what they say is corporate greed march from Zuccotti Park to Wall Street amid heavy police presence.

John Minchillo / AP

Sept. 19, 2011

Hundreds of demonstrators descended on Lower Manhattan on Saturday with the aim of staying at least until the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. The group planned to turn the area into an "American Tahrir Square." At least seven people were arrested in the early stages of the protest.

Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 18, 2011

Participants meet in a park on Broadway. About 1,000 people gathered to protest the U.S. financial system.

Don Emmert / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 17, 2011

People from around the country gathered near Wall Street in New York to voice their frustration with the economy and the financial sector.

David Karp / AFP/Getty Images

Sept. 17, 2011

Protesters demonstrate near Wall Street against banks and corporations in New York.

Eric Thayer / Reuters

Sept. 17, 2011

Demonstrators call for the occupation of Wall Street.

Frank Franklin II / AP

Police move in on Occupy Oakland protesters on Oak Street and 12th Street as tear gas gets blown back on them in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. An unlawful assembly was declared as occupiers planned to take over an undisclosed building. (AP Photo/The Tribune, Bay Area News Group) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT