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
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Riot in Gandhinagar, India
Severity 4 · India · Gandhinagar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 4 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Barry, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Barry · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Sacramento, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Sacramento · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Hanford, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Santa Ana de Yacuma, Bolivia
Severity 3 · Bolivia · Santa Ana de Yacuma · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
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- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ann Arbor, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ann Arbor · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in La Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · La Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang), Indonesia
Severity 3 · Indonesia · Pangkalpinang (Pangkal Pinang) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Louisville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Louisville · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saint Cloud, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Saint Cloud · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lakeville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeville · 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.