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 Silver Spring, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Silver Spring · Source: gdelt
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State-based conflict in Dapaong, Burkina Faso
9 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dapaong · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dapaong, Burkina Faso
7 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dapaong · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Colombia
50 fatalities · Colombia · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
9 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
3 fatalities · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Malanville, Niger
6 fatalities · Niger · Malanville · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
5 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: ucdp
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Military force used in Waukesha, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Waukesha · 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.