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.
58078 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
58078 eventsSources: gdelt
58078 events· the world
Unrest
- United States: 16535
- India: 4417
- Russia: 2459
- 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
58078 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ikeja
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yevpatoria, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Yevpatoria · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
Severity 3 · Hong Kong (China) · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Apopa, El Salvador
Severity 3 · El Salvador · Apopa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Rio Cuarto (Río Cuarto), Argentina
Severity 4 · Argentina · Rio Cuarto (Río Cuarto) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Namibia
Severity 3 · Namibia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Sharjah · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Blackpool
Severity 3 · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in O'Fallon, United States
Severity 3 · United States · O'Fallon · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Trier, Luxembourg
Severity 3 · Luxembourg · Trier · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kitgum, South Sudan
Severity 3 · South Sudan · Kitgum · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Hamhung, North Korea
Severity 4 · North Korea · Hamhung · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Severity 3 · China · Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu · 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.