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
- Conflict
Military force used in Centreville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Centreville · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pocatello, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pocatello · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Faisalabad · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Kabul · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 4 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
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State-based conflict in Herat, Afghanistan
1 fatality · Afghanistan · Herat · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
1 fatality · Bangladesh · Rajshahi · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Central African Republic
1 fatality · Central African Republic · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Butembo · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bukavu · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Debre Mark’os, Ethiopia
10 fatalities · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
1 fatality · Haiti · Cap-Haitien · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Indonesia
10 fatalities · Indonesia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
1 fatality · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
4 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Mali
2 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Mali
1 fatality · Mali · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Mali
4 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Mali
4 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Mali
4 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Mali
4 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Mali
4 fatalities · Mali · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Mozambique
2 fatalities · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
3 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
9 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Beledweyne, Somalia
14 fatalities · Somalia · Beledweyne · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Sudan
2 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
4 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
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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.