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
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
- 1 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 49 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
58080 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Concord, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Concord · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in San Mateo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · San Mateo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Alīpur Duār, India
Severity 3 · India · Alīpur Duār · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Severity 3 · Malaysia · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Ames, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Ames · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Brazil
Severity 3 · Brazil · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cranbourne, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Cranbourne · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Pasadena, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Pasadena · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Arcadia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Arcadia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Anakapalle, India
Severity 3 · India · Anakapalle · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in United States
Severity 3 · United States · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in East Orange, United States
Severity 3 · United States · East Orange · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Queens County, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Queens County · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Greenville, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenville · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Suphan Buri, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Suphan Buri · 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.