Risk events in the world, May 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
93265 events were recorded: 127 earthquakes, 1 disaster alert, 80128 conflict events, and 13009 unrest events.
93265 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
93265 events· the world
Conflict
- United States: 28551
- India: 5431
- Iran: 3977
- Russia: 3365
- Ukraine: 3099
- Earthquake
- 127
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 80,128
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 13,009
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
93265 events · newest first
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Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in St Louis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · St Louis · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Makati, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Makati · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
12 fatalities · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Ethiopia
1 fatality · Ethiopia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Al-'amarah, Iraq
1 fatality · Iraq · Al-'amarah · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
2 fatalities · Mexico · Cuauhtémoc · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
1 fatality · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Somalia
67 fatalities · Somalia · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Sudan
30 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Sudan
30 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Jableh (Jablah), Syria
3 fatalities · Syria · Jableh (Jablah) · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
7 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.