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.
58079 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58079 eventsSources: gdelt
58079 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
- 7 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 43 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
58079 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Baton Rouge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baton Rouge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Fernando, Trinidad And Tobago
Severity 3 · Trinidad And Tobago · San Fernando · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Stevenage, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Stevenage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Zamboanga, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Zamboanga · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Fatwah, Bihar, India
Severity 4 · India · Fatwah, Bihar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Middlesbrough · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Minneapolis, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Minneapolis · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gwangyang, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Gwangyang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Union City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Union City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in China
Severity 3 · China · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sabya, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Sabya · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · 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.