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 Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina
Severity 3 · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Sarajevo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 4 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Lucerne, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Lucerne · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · 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 Boise, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boise · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Eslamabad-e Gharb, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Eslamabad-e Gharb · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Greenville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ontario, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ontario · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Anakapalle, India
Severity 3 · India · Anakapalle · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Braintree · Source: gdelt
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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.