A man who spat in a police officer's face in Croydon Crown Court in south London and lied about having Coronavirus said he did it because he was "stressed."
The incident reportedly happened on Tuesday afternoon and the courts in England were quick to act.
Two police officers in Juarez, Mexico, were killed in separate attacks on Wednesday.
A police officer was killed in an avalanche during a training exercise in the Austrian Alps this week.
A police officer in London shot and killed a man reportedly wearing a fake suicide vest who police say stabbed at least two people to death on the London Bridge.
An officer with the West Mercia Police Service in England now faces a murder charge in the death of a retired professional soccer player in 2016.
Officers in Chile who for two weeks have been trying to calm an increasingly violent series of protests came under attack with Molotov Cocktails that set several officers ablaze Tuesday.
Officers in Oaxaca, Mexico often retire in their 80s or even 90s because they cannot afford to live off the miniscule pensions the government provides.
A man who reportedly drove a car at civilians and police officers outside Britain's Parliament Building last year has been found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 15 years to be served.
Fourteen police officers were killed in an ambush attack in the state of Michoacán, where drug cartels have for years been engaged in violent battle with each other and with Mexican police.