Risk events in the world, August 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.
59668 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
59668 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
59668 events· the world
ConflictUnrest
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2460
- Ukraine: 2029
- Nigeria: 1801
- Earthquake
- 187
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 8
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 49,642
- 40 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 10 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
59668 events · newest first
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Green Bay, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Green Bay · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Warwick, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warwick · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil
1 fatality · Brazil · Iranduba, Amazonas · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Dori, Burkina Faso
10 fatalities · Burkina Faso · Dori · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Barranquilla, Colombia
1 fatality · Colombia · Barranquilla · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Agboville, Ivory Coast
7 fatalities · Ivory Coast · Agboville · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
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State-based conflict in Bangued, Philippines
3 fatalities · Philippines · Bangued · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sudan
3 fatalities · Sudan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Dar Ta'izzah, Syria
1 fatality · Syria · Dar Ta'izzah · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
3 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kup”yans'k, Ukraine
3 fatalities · Ukraine · Kup”yans'k · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kup”yans'k, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kup”yans'k · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kup”yans'k, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Kup”yans'k · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kramatorsk, Ukraine
6 fatalities · Ukraine · Kramatorsk · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Spokane, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Spokane · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
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.