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
Demonstration in Rajapalayam, India
Severity 3 · India · Rajapalayam · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Severity 3 · Puerto Rico · Ponce · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Trenton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Trenton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Isfahan (Esfahan), Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Isfahan (Esfahan) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Australia
Severity 3 · Australia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Lucknow (Lakhnau), India
Severity 4 · India · Lucknow (Lakhnau) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Manhattan, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Manhattan · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in China
Severity 3 · China · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa), Nepal
Severity 3 · Nepal · Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Civil unrest in Chittorgarh, India
Severity 4 · India · Chittorgarh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Oshkosh, United States
Severity 4 · United States · Oshkosh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Rawalpindi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baguio, Philippines
Severity 3 · Philippines · Baguio · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oak Park, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Oak Park · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Fort Lauderdale, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Fort Lauderdale · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Riot in Blackpool, United Kingdom
Severity 4 · United Kingdom · Blackpool · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
- Unrest
Strike in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Severity 3 · United Kingdom · Dunfermline · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
- Unrest
Demonstration in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · United States · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Tongi, Bangladesh
Severity 4 · 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.