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
59668 events· the world
Unrest
- 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
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 50 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
59668 events · newest first
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ulsan, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Ulsan · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bend, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Bend · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bunia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Burlington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Burlington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Severity 3 · Netherlands · Nijmegen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Severity 3 · Bolivia · Cochabamba · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Naogaon, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Naogaon · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Errachidia, Morocco
Severity 3 · Morocco · Errachidia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kidapawan City, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Kidapawan City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gold Coast, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Gold Coast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- 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.