In New York City, more than 1,000 protesters set off October 15 noon from Zuccotti Park, a privately owned property just two blocks away from Wall Street in lower Manhattan, and marched on JP Morgan Chase bank buildings in the financial district, banging drums and chanting, "We are sold out, banks are bailed out," and " End the war, tax the rich."

The protesters marched uptown to converge at Time Square on the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, passing venues including Liberty Square, Washington Square Park and numbers of the protesters kept growing all the way along, according to a text posted on the movement's website.

The demonstration on October 15 in New York City, carried out under tight police surveillance, went on peacefully for the most part, except at La Guardia Place where police arrested 22 protesters who attempted to close their accounts with the Citi Bank there, said a document posted on the movement's website: http://occupywallst.org.

The Occupy Wall Street protests emerged on September 17, with only a few dozen demonstrators -- mostly young people -- trying to erect tents before the New York Stock Exchange. With access denied by the police, they turned to Zuccotti Park, just two blocks away from Wall Street and owned by Brookfield Office Properties, a multinational real estate corporation, as their camping ground.

Peaceful demonstrators also took to streets in other cities worldwide, including Frankfurt, Athens, Oslo, Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, and Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec in Canada, protesting against widening wealth disparity, corporate greed and its influence in politics.

In Rome, capital of Italy, the protests became violent as groups of protesters clashed with police during the global "Occupy Wall Street Day" demonstrations.

Over 70 people were injured in the clashes and 45 of them were hospitalized, including police officers and local residents. One of the injured lost two of his fingers in a small explosion.