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.
59667 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
59667 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
59667 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
- 25 in the list
- Unrest
- 8,232
- 25 in the list
- Advisory
- 9
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
59667 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Waziristan, Pakistan
9 fatalities · Pakistan · Waziristan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan
1 fatality · Pakistan · Lakki Marwat · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Waziristan, Pakistan
8 fatalities · Pakistan · Waziristan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Pagalungan, Philippines
5 fatalities · Philippines · Pagalungan · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in جبرة الشيخ, Sudan
3 fatalities · Sudan · جبرة الشيخ · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Oleksandriia, Ukraine
3 fatalities · Ukraine · Oleksandriia · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Chornomorsk, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Chornomorsk · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Krasnogorovka, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Krasnogorovka · Source: ucdp
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State-based conflict in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
1 fatality · Ukraine · Zaporizhzhya · Source: ucdp
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- Unrest
Demonstration in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Saidu Sharif, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Saidu Sharif · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Boulder, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Boulder · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lambeth, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Lambeth · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
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Demonstration in Santa Monica, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Santa Monica · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hanford, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hanford · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Seattle, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Seattle · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Orlando, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Orlando · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Madison, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Madison · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Belfast, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Belfast · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Hayward, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Hayward · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Severity 3 · Canada · Nanaimo, BC · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Lucerne, Switzerland
Severity 4 · Switzerland · Lucerne · 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.