Occupy Wall Street marks two-year anniversary – in pictures

Protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street demonstrated at Zuccotti Park near the New York Stock Exchange on the second anniversary of the movement Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Numerous rallies and events across the city were planned for the movement which takes aim at inequality and financial greed and which has influenced activist moments around the world Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

An Occupy Wall Street protester stands outside a barricade at Zuccotti Park Photograph: Shannon Stapleton /Reuters

Occupy Wall Street protesters stand outside a barricade at Zuccotti Park Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Two men are arrested during a march to mark the two year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Scores of protesters marched through Soho Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP

While police presence was high in New York, with a helicopter flying above the park, no incidents had been reported by the afternoon Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images