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
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
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Pozuelo de Alarcón · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Severity 3 · China · Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Shabqadar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Shabqadar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Corpus Christi, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Corpus Christi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Great Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Great Falls · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Rotherham, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Rotherham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birmingham, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Birmingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Masvingo, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Masvingo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Auburn, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Auburn · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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.