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
- 31 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 19 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
58080 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Greenwood, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Greenwood · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Caltanissetta, Italy
Severity 3 · Italy · Caltanissetta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Volgodonsk, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Volgodonsk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Severity 3 · United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Evaton, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Evaton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Diepsloot, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Diepsloot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Warner Robins, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warner Robins · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Komsomol'sk-na-Amure, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Komsomol'sk-na-Amure · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Edmond, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Edmond · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Huntington Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Huntington Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Pyongyang, North Korea
Severity 3 · North Korea · Pyongyang · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Wellington, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Wellington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nelson, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Nelson · 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.