Taking a cue from the 'Occupy Wall Street' and 'indignant' protest movements, demonstrators have taken to Europe's streets, expressing their anger over rising inequality and government austerity measures.
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In Germany, where public opinion has been skeptical of the eurozone bailout of Greece, around 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt while 5,000 marched on Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices in Berlin, and another 1,000 took to the streets in Munich.
Some 2,000 protesters marched in Brussels, the seat of the European Union, to keep up pressure on European leaders.
And in London, protesters took part in "Occupy London Stock Exchange," a collective that had more than 15,000 fans on Facebook and some 5,000 confirmed attendees.
Smaller protests also took place in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Taiwan and South Africa.
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