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
- 5 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 45 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
- Conflict
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Milwaukee, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Milwaukee · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baytown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Baytown · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Amherst, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Amherst · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Los Polvorines, Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Los Polvorines · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Chilpancingo De Los Bravo, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Chilpancingo De Los Bravo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Vallejo, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Vallejo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Madison, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Madison · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Renton, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Renton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Warwick, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Warwick · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Cuauhtémoc · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Jersey City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jersey City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Washington, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Chilpancingo De Los Bravo, Mexico
Severity 3 · Mexico · Chilpancingo De Los Bravo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Los Polvorines, Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Los Polvorines · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Honolulu, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Honolulu · 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.