Occupy Wall Street protests continue to spread - in pictures

The Occupy Wall Street movement against the US financial system and economic inequality that began in New York last month with a few people has expanded to protests in more than a dozen cities

  • Los Angeles: A woman holds a sign at the Occupy LA protest on the lawn in front of Los Angeles City Hall
    Occupy protests: Los Angeles: Jessica O'Donnell holds a sign at the Occupy LA protest

  • Washington: People sign a huge copy of the US Constitution at the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square about two blocks from the White House
    Occupy protests: Washington: People sign a huge copy of the US Constitution

  • Boston: Occupy Boston demonstrators block an entrance to the Federal Reserve Bank behind a police line
    Occupy protests: Boston: Occupy Boston demonstrators outside the Federal Reserve Bank

  • Washington: A man burns a $20 bill as protesters, who are calling for an end to the Federal Reserve and are part of the Occupy DC movement, demonstrate in front of the Federal Reserve
    Occupy protests: Washington: A man burns a $1 bill

  • New York: Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street protest at Zuccotti Park
    Occupy protests: New York: Demonstrators with Occupy Wall Street protest at Zuccotti Park

  • New York: A woman folds blankets on a mattress while participating in the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park. The camp in a lower Manhattan plaza looks like a jumble of tattered sleeping bags, but teams of volunteers working on food, sanitation, health care and other needs keep the shifting population of protesters functioning like an impromptu city within the city
    Occupy protests: New York: A woman folds blankets in the Occupy Wall Street protests

  • New York: Peace group protesters and members of Occupy Wall Street stage a demonstration in Times Square to mark the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan
    Occupy protests: New York: Peace group protesters and members of Occupy Wall Street

  • Philadelphia: Lauren Bieber and Mike Mullsit next to a haiku they wrote on the sidewalk near City Hall
    Occupy protests: Philadelphia: A haiku written on the sidewalk near City Hall

  • Chicago: Members of a coalition called Stand up Chicago protest outside the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual meeting in Chicago, inspired by, but not formally affiliated with, the Occupy Wall Street movement
    Occupy protests: Chicago: Members of a coalition called Stand up Chicago protest

  • Washington: Two women speak among tents and sleeping bags at Freedom Plaza during an Occupy DC protest, one of the anti-corporate demonstrations taking place across the US
    Occupy protests: Washington: Two women speak among tents and sleeping bags at Freedom Plaza

  • New York: Women participate in a public session of yoga in collaboration with the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park
    Occupy protests: New York: Women participate in a public session of yoga

  • Charlotte: Protesters with the occupy movement hold up signs in North Carolina
    Occupy protests: Charlotte: Protesters with the occupy movement hold up signs

  • Grand Rapids: Members of Occupy Grand Rapids movement in the Ah-Nab-Awen park
    Occupy Grand Rapids: Occupy Grand Rapids movement

  • Washington: People listen to speakers at Freedom Plaza during an Occupy DC protest, one of the anti-corporate demonstrations taking place across the US
    Occupy protests: Washington: People listen to speakers at Freedom Plaza

  • Portland: A protester stands in the rain in Chapman Square. Occupy Portland, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, began with at least 4,000 people marching through the city. Since then, hundreds of people have remained in tents concentrated in Chapman Square. They have not set a date for when the protest will end
    Occupy protests: Portland: A protester stands in the rain in Chapman Square

  • Cleveland: Members of the group Occupy Cleveland rest in Public Square
    Occupy protests: Cleveland: Members of the group Occupy Cleveland rest on Public Square

  • Los Angeles: A woman writes messages in chalk on the sidewalk at the Occupy LA protest camp
    Occupy protests: Los Angeles: A woman writes messages in chalk at Occupy LA protest camp

  • Grand Rapids: Members of Occupy Grand Rapids protest hold their first general assembly meeting
    Occupy protest movement: Occupy Grand Rapids protest

  • New York: Wall Street protesters hold up signs at Zuccotti Park where hundreds of other activists are living
    Occupy protests: New York: Wall Street protesters hold up signs at Zuccotti Park

  • Philadelphia: People hold signs and are reflected in a bus stop during their march from City Hall to the Independence National Historical Park
    Occupy protests: Philadelphia: People hold signs and are reflected during their march

  • New York: A Wall Street protester holds up a sign at Zuccotti Park where hundreds of other activists are living
    Occupy protests: New York: A Wall Street protester holds up a sign at Zuccotti Park

  • Los Angeles: A demonstrator holds a sign at the Occupy LA protest on the lawn in front of City Hall
    Occupy protests: Los Angeles: A demonstrator holds a sign at the Occupy LA protest

  • Grand Rapids: Protesters make their way through the downtown area of the city during their first day of occupation
    Occupy Grand Rapids: Occupy Grand Rapids
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