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
Demonstration in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Severity 3 · Jamaica · Montego Bay · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Carlisle, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Carlisle · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Austin, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Austin · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
Severity 3 · Italy · Sesto San Giovanni · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Murfreesboro, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Murfreesboro · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Civil unrest in Brighton, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Brighton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Albuquerque, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Albuquerque · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Thiruvananthapuram, India
Severity 3 · India · Thiruvananthapuram · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Greenville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenville · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oakland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oakland · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Sharjah · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Pawtucket, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pawtucket · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in St.Catharines, United States
Severity 3 · United States · St.Catharines · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Colchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Colchester · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oakland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oakland · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 3 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Richmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Richmond · Source: gdelt
- 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.