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
ConflictUnrest
- 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
- 4 in the list
- Unrest
- 13,009
- 46 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
93265 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Peabody, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Peabody · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in East Orange, United States
Severity 4 · United States · East Orange · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Severity 3 · Burkina Faso · Ouagadougou · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Severity 4 · Venezuela · Puerto Cabello · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Santa Barbara, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Santa Barbara · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Guyana
Severity 3 · Guyana · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Boulder, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boulder · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sarishabari, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Sarishabari · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in East Orange, United States
Severity 4 · United States · East Orange · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Sao Caetano do Sul · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Daly City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Daly City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Civil unrest in Iowa City, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Iowa City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ikeja
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Apopa, El Salvador
Severity 3 · El Salvador · Apopa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Port of Spain
Severity 3 · Port of Spain · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in South Africa
Severity 4 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Eastleigh · Source: gdelt
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.