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 Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Sri Lanka · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 4 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mbombela, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Mbombela · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Masvingo, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Masvingo · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
Severity 3 · Italy · Sesto San Giovanni · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Pearland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pearland · Source: gdelt
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- Conflict
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Military force used in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
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State-based conflict in Dapaong, Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Dapaong · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
4 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Ouagadougou · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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One-sided violence in Santiago (Cali), Colombia
6 fatalities · Colombia · Santiago (Cali) · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Buenaventura, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Buenaventura · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Barrancabermeja, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barrancabermeja · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
1 fatality · Dominican Republic · Santiago de los Caballeros · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
19 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
17 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Goma · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
14 fatalities · Lebanon · Tyre (Sour) · 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 Mali
3 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 Mozambique, Mozambique
1 fatality · Mozambique · Mozambique · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
1 fatality · Pakistan · Dera Ismail Khan · Source: ucdp
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.