Faces and reasons behind 'Occupy'
Jamie, 47, is pictured outside St Paul's Cathedral in London where is he part of the 'Occupy' protest movement, November 11, 2011. Jamie said, "the reason I'm here, there's a commonality amongst the whole camp, there's a situation where people have never thought of being active in their lives and we've all come here for the same reason, same assumptions, basic question is: why profits are put before people, why finance seems to have such a huge influence on politics. And so we're questioning whether we can have a better and fairer world".Paul Hackett /REUTERS
Jamie, 47, is pictured outside St Paul's Cathedral in London where is he part of the 'Occupy' protest movement, November 11, 2011.Paul Hackett /REUTERS
Hong Kong musician and composer Wong Hin-yan, 26, is pictured at the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong's financial Central District where the Occupy Central movement is held, November 8, 2011. Hin-yan has been camping outside HSBC since October 15, 2011, the day the action started, he said "I think the most important thing is get out of this market system and if possible, to get out of the capitalism step by step. Try to believe the power of small social group system and ideally we should have self sufficient food supply".Tyrone Siu/REUTERS
Edur Velasco, a 56-year old labor economist and university professor, poses for a portrait while sitting in a tent he has been sharing with his wife outside Mexico's stock market in Mexico City November 10, 2011. Velasco has been on a 31 day-long hunger strike outside the stock market, demanding the government guarantee greater access to higher education among the youth.Claudia Daut /REUTERS
Edur Velasco, a 56-year old labor economist and university professor, reads the newspaper inside a tent he has been sharing with his wife outside Mexico's stock market in Mexico City November 10, 2011.Claudia Daut /REUTERS
Thom Reges, 26, unemployed, poses for a picture in a protest camp at McPherson Square in Washington, November 10, 2011. Reges said, "I want rational limitations on government and its interactions with corporations. So that you have the end of lobbying groups...having publicly funded elections so that we don't have politicians that are more interested in their corporate backers, ...so that they worry about the votes not who's paying for their campaign".Molly Riley/REUTERS
Thom Reges, 26, unemployed, poses for a picture in a protest camp at McPherson Square in Washington, November 10, 2011.Molly Riley/REUTERS
Marcia Williams, 23, who is unemployed, poses for a picture in the Occupy Oakland camp where she is living with her six year-old son Brock, Oakland, California November 7, 2011. Marcia said, "My goal is to change families that don't have anywhere to go, families that are homeless ... especially single mothers with children. They need healthcare and resources so they can find homes, and childcare and health and .. stuff so mothers have a job, ... and have somewhere where someone can take care of their child while they're working. That's one of my goals I'd like to see happen here."Robert Galbraith/REUTERS
Marcia Williams, 23, who is unemployed, poses for a picture in the Occupy Oakland camp where she is living with her six year-old son Brock, Oakland, California November 7, 2011.Robert Galbraith/REUTERS
Loren Taylor, a 50 year-old musician, poses for a portrait at the Occupy Chicago camp across from the Chicago Board of Trade and the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, Illinois, November 9, 2011. Taylor said, "What inspired me about Occupy is this idea that we have an opportunity to tie it all together... all the immense problems we have in society -- education, health care, joblessness, violence in our community ... all comes down to one root cause .. this perverse economic inequality that seems to be distorting everything."Frank Polich/REUTERS
Loren Taylor, a 50 year-old musician, poses for a portrait at the Occupy Chicago camp across from the Chicago Board of TradeFrank Polich/REUTERS
Yvette Vigo, 45, a special education substitute teacher, who has been part of the Occupy movement with her husband Orlando, 48, for more than three weeks, poses for a picture in Zuccotti Park in New York November 8, 2011. The couple, who have six children aged between 18 to 27 and six grandchildren, have been unemployed and homeless for several years.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Yvette Vigo, 45, a special education substitute teacher, who has been part of the Occupy movement with her husband Orlando, 48, for more than three weeks, poses for a picture in Zuccotti Park in New York November 8, 2011.Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Konrad, 21, is pictured at the Occupy camp in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, November 9, 2011. Konrad, who with his girlfriend has lived in the camp since October 15, 2011, said "personally, I would define success not necessarily by taking down banks but by bringing the fire back into the people so they don't just take everything anymore".Kai Pfaffenbach/REUTERS
Sunni Justice 27, unemployed, poses for a portrait in the Occupy Toronto camp at St James Park, Toronto, November 7, 2011. Sunni said, "..why am I here? Simple answer is because I care about the earth and I care about my fellow brothers and sisters, human beings, and we're not taking care of each other and it's very out of balance and I know how beautiful the earth and human beings truly are and so I'm here because this is a movement working towards finding a better balance..."Mark Blinch/REUTERS
Sunni Justice 27, unemployed, poses for a portrait in the Occupy Toronto camp at St James Park, Toronto, November 7, 2011.Mark Blinch/REUTERS