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.
58080 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58080 eventsSources: gdelt
58080 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
58080 events · newest first
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in China
Severity 3 · China · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in High Point, United States
Severity 3 · United States · High Point · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland
Severity 3 · Switzerland · Zurich · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- 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
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Jackson, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jackson · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bakixanov (Bakikhanov), Azerbaijan
Severity 3 · Azerbaijan · Bakixanov (Bakikhanov) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Manhattan, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Severity 3 · Spain · Santiago de Compostela · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Farrukhabad, India
Severity 3 · India · Farrukhabad · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 3 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · 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.