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: ucdp · 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
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Burkina Faso
1 fatality · Burkina Faso · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
10 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
9 fatalities · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Beni · 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
2 fatalities · Ethiopia · Debre Mark’os · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Nigeria
13 fatalities · Nigeria · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Nigeria
21 fatalities · Nigeria · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Cotabato City, Philippines
1 fatality · Philippines · Cotabato City · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in Sudan
16 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Sudan
1 fatality · Sudan · Source: ucdp
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Non-state conflict in 'ayn-al-'arab, Syria
3 fatalities · Syria · 'ayn-al-'arab · Source: ucdp
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One-sided violence in Al-Hasakah, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Al-Hasakah · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Lisichansk, Ukraine
4 fatalities · Ukraine · Lisichansk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
2 fatalities · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · 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.