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.
59668 events were recorded: 187 earthquakes, 8 disaster alerts, 49642 conflict events, 8232 unrest events, and 9 advisory changes.
59668 eventsSources: gdelt
59668 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
59668 events · newest first
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
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- Unrest
Demonstration in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Wagga Wagga · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Bunia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Auckland, New Zealand
Severity 3 · New Zealand · Auckland · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in North Charleston, United States
Severity 3 · United States · North Charleston · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in East Orange, United States
Severity 3 · United States · East Orange · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Severity 3 · Ukraine · Kropyvnytskyi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Republic of the Congo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in South Africa
Severity 3 · South Africa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Navi Mumbai, India
Severity 3 · India · Navi Mumbai · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Howrah (Haora), India
Severity 3 · India · Howrah (Haora) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Madaripur, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Madaripur · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Anseong-si, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Anseong-si · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Severity 4 · Mexico · San Luis Potosi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 3 · Bangladesh · Tongi · 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.