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 Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Pondicherry, India
Severity 4 · India · Pondicherry · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Alberton, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Alberton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Madīnat an Naşr, Egypt
Severity 3 · Egypt · Madīnat an Naşr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Bandar Abbas
Severity 3 · Bandar Abbas · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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- Conflict
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Mass violence in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Abbotsford, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Abbotsford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool
Severity 3 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Martial law in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
Severity 4 · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in New Providence, Bahamas
Severity 3 · Bahamas · New Providence · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Kapurthala, India
Severity 3 · India · Kapurthala · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Caicara del Orinoco, Venezuela
Severity 3 · Venezuela · Caicara del Orinoco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al-Ubayyid, Sudan
Severity 3 · Sudan · Al-Ubayyid · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Cotabato City, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Cotabato City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- 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.