Occupy Wall Street protesters ousted by New York police – in pictures

A protester is detained by police officers Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

A woman looks at police in riot gear Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Demonstrators clash with police Photograph: Craig Ruttle/AP

People are taken into custody after police ordered Occupy Wall Street protesters to leave the park Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

Police officers disperse protesters near the encampment Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

Police officers order protesters to leave the encampment Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

A man is escorted by a police officer as sanitation workers clear the Occupy Wall Street protest from Zuccotti Park Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

An Occupy Wall Street demonstrator confronts police after being ordered to leave Zuccotti Park Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement clash with officers after being forcibly removed from Zuccotti Park Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

A member of the Occupy Wall Street movement waves the US flag in front of police officers after being ousted from Zuccotti Park Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Occupy Wall Street activists console each other after being evicted from Zuccotti Park in New York Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

An Occupy Wall Street protester is taken into custody by police after being ordered to leave Zuccotti Park, the longtime encampment in New York Photograph: Craig Ruttle/AP

Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement embrace after being removed from Zuccotti Park Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Police officers remove the belongings of members of the Occupy Wall Street movement from Zuccotti Park Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters