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
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
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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 Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Severity 3 · Germany · Villingen-Schwenningen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Idaho Falls, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Idaho Falls · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Astoria, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Astoria · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Severity 4 · Germany · Villingen-Schwenningen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Smyrna, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Smyrna · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dallas, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Dallas · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Severity 3 · Germany · Freiburg im Breisgau · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Quebec City, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Quebec City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
Severity 3 · Ivory Coast · Yamoussoukro · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Camden, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Camden · Source: gdelt
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.