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
Military force used in Irving, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Irving · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Irving, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Irving · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Cabanatuan, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Cabanatuan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Sievierodonetsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yoshkar-Ola · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Wollongong, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Wollongong · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Nuclear alert in Russia
Severity 4 · Russia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Mecca · Source: gdelt
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Martial law in Mbombela, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Mbombela · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force
Severity 3 · 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.