In Rio de Janeiro's Vila Cruzeiro favela, artists and children repainted Saint Luke's Square with national colours, transforming a site of trauma from a deadly police operation into a symbol of community resilience and national pride ahead of the World Cup.
Peruvian police used World Cup mascots, Clutch the Bald Eagle and Maple the Moose, to arrest a suspect in a drug raid in Lima. The officers, disguised as the mascots, approached the suspect without arousing suspicion due to his fervent World Cup fandom.
Assisting Counsel Lindsay Spence detailed a police operation on August 26, 2025, where officers sought electronic devices for child abuse material at a Porepunkah property. The suspect, Freeman, later shot officers and fled into Mount Buffalo National Park, leading to a 215-day manhunt before he was apprehended and killed in March.
A £4.5m police operation involving over 4,000 officers kept rival pro-Palestinian and far-right protests apart in London on Saturday, resulting in 43 arrests. The Metropolitan Police managed to prevent serious clashes between the two groups, though 11 arrests were related to alleged hate crime offences.
Police raid several homes as part of a police operation to reassess licensed gun holders in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting.
Around 200 tourists were trapped at the top of Morro Dois Irmãos in Rio de Janeiro during a police operation targeting alleged Comando Vermelho gang members in the Vidigal favela. Officers from the Public Prosecutor's Office of Bahia and Rio's Polícia Civil blocked the main trail access while exchanging fire with suspects, leaving tourists stranded for about 30 minutes before they were able to descend safely.
