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
- Unrest
Demonstration in Manikganj, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Manikganj · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Miami, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Miami · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Jersey City, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Jersey City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Johor Bahru, Singapore
Severity 3 · Singapore · Johor Bahru · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Mesa, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Mesa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Middletown, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Middletown · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
Severity 3 · Hong Kong (China) · Hong Kong · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Matlapaneng, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Matlapaneng · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Buenos Aires · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Los Polvorines, Argentina
Severity 3 · Argentina · Los Polvorines · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Braintree, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Braintree · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Colchester, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Colchester · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Columbia, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kozhikode (Calicut), India
Severity 3 · India · Kozhikode (Calicut) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Roodepoort, South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Roodepoort · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
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.