Evidence behind the registry

Policy 1.0 · reviewed 25 October 2026. 142 candidate decisions; 99 registry records, including 61 newly added. 22 prior entries were withdrawn under the same standard. This is an editorial selection, not exhaustive global monitoring.

Inclusion standard · Accepted, rejected and deferred decisions · Return to Earth

AI incidents · 17 qualifying records

Curated AI and automation cases. Orbital nodes represent global or unlocated records. Ratings prioritise documented harm, reach, control failure and response. They are editorial and not a risk probability.

Record / importanceScope and why it qualifiesPrimary evidence
M-017 · Hugging Face autonomous-agent intrusion
5/5 Critical
Privacy & securityBoth organisations disclosed the incident
9–13 July 2026 · reconstructed activity window
Global / infrastructure geography unverified · Not mappedThis is an infrastructure intrusion spanning organisations. Neither headquarters nor cloud-region guesses are used as harm coordinates.

A4 · OpenAI and Hugging Face independently admit their respective containment escape and third-party production compromise. These are separate affected-party accounts, not promotional novelty claims or syndicated copies.

Hugging Face · Technical timeline of the July 2026 intrusion
2026-07-27

OpenAI · Security incident during model evaluation
2026-07-21
M-015 · Moltbook agent credentials exposed
4/5 Major
Privacy & securityWiz researcher disclosure
31 January–1 February 2026 · disclosure and remediation
Global / affected geography unverified · Not mappedNo reliable distribution of affected people is established in the research. Company location is not used as a harm location.

A2 · Wiz explicitly describes 1.5m registered agents and exposed authentication credentials for every registered agent. This is the policy accounts limb: agent accounts, not 1.5m people; the report identifies about 17,000 human owners.

Wiz · Hacking Moltbook: The AI Social Network Any Human Can Control
2026-02-02
M-014 · Grok intimate-image abuse prompts national restrictions
4/5 Major
Content & rightsRegulatory investigation, not a final finding
10–12 January 2026 · national restriction and investigation
Indonesia / United Kingdom · regulatory scope · Multi-country / not mappedCountry coverage denotes the two regulatory jurisdictions; it does not locate all victims. No corporate office is plotted.

A2 · Indonesia imposed an actual nationwide temporary Grok access restriction over non-consensual sexual deepfakes. This substantive rights-protection remedy qualifies; the accompanying UK investigation alone would not.

Ofcom · Investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery
2026-01-12

Indonesia Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs · Official temporary Grok access restriction
2026-01-10
M-008 · Deepfake conference fraud
4/5 Major
DeceptionPolice account
January 2024 · exact day unknown
Hong Kong · City / territoryThe reported fraud occurred in Hong Kong. This marker is a city-level reference, not an office or bank location.

A3 · Hong Kong Government reports about HK$200m actually lost; Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency separately describes the multinational deepfake payment as US$25m. The USD threshold is source-reported, not a conversion calculated here. The displayed figure remains the investigating jurisdiction’s HKD account, dated June 2024; later net recovery is not established.

Hong Kong Government · LCQ9: Combating frauds involving deepfake
2024-06-26

Singapore Cyber Security Agency · Official advisory reports the multinational deepfake payment as US$25m
2024-03-22
M-006 · Cruise pedestrian safety failure
4/5 Major
Physical safetyRegulatory action
2 October 2023
San Francisco, US · CityCity-level reference for the collision. The map does not pinpoint the road or the injured person.

A1 · Serious pedestrian injury involving an autonomous vehicle was followed by California DMV suspension of driverless testing and deployment permits.

California DMV · Statement on Cruise suspension
2023-10-24

California DMV · Suspension order (filed with CPUC)
2023-10-24
M-004 · Clearview biometric privacy breach
4/5 Major
Privacy & securityRegulator finding
Collection period not dated in this record
Australia · CountryCountry-level reference to the affected jurisdiction. No specific city or site is established.

A2 · Australia’s national privacy regulator established unlawful biometric collection and ordered cessation and destruction of Australian images/templates, a substantive AI-related rights remedy.

OAIC · Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy
2021-11-03
M-003 · Calculated exam grades reversed
4/5 Major
Algorithmic decisionsOfficial reversal
13–17 August 2020
England, UK · JurisdictionEngland-level reference, not the regulator’s office location. The marker does not represent all UK grading systems.

A2 · A national automated examination-grading system was officially reversed following systemic consequences for education decisions. This is statistical automation within the archive’s stated broad scope.

Ofqual · Statement from Roger Taylor, Chair
2020-08-17

Ofqual · Evaluation of calculated grades and grading gaps
2021-07-29
M-002 · Facial recognition false accusations
4/5 Major
Algorithmic decisionsFTC allegations / issued remedial order
2012–2020 · multi-year deployment
United States · multiple stores · CountryCountry-level marker for a multi-store deployment, not the retailer’s headquarters or any specific customer.

A2 · The FTC issued a five-year facial-recognition prohibition, biometric-data deletion requirements and monitoring safeguards, a substantive national AI-related rights remedy; complaint allegations were neither admitted nor denied.

FTC · Rite Aid facial recognition complaint and proposed settlement
2023-12-19

FTC · Issued decision and order, 5 March 2024
2024-03-05
M-001 · Uber automated-driving fatality
5/5 Critical
Physical safetyNTSB investigation
18 March 2018
Tempe, Arizona, US · CityCity-level reference for the collision, rather than an exact crash coordinate or company office.

A1 · A formal NTSB investigation documents a fatality materially involving automated driving and contributing organisational safety failures.

NTSB · Highway Accident Report HAR-19/03 (adopted)
2019-11-19
M-018 · DeepSeek faces national privacy restrictions
4/5 Major
Privacy & securityNational processing limitation and Korean corrective recommendations
30 January–23 April 2025 · restriction and corrective-review episode
Italy and South Korea · regulatory jurisdictions · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

A2 · Actual national processing restriction and corrective data-transfer measures established substantive AI-service privacy remedies in two countries.

Korean PIPC · Examination findings and corrective recommendations (release dated 24 April; page posted 30 April)
2025-04-30

Italian Garante · Immediate limitation on processing Italian users’ data
2025-01-30

Korean PIPC · New app downloads suspended from 15 February
2025-02-18
M-019 · EU court requires understandable automated-decision explanations
4/5 Major
Algorithmic decisionsCJEU judgment C-203/22
27 February 2025 · Court of Justice judgment
Austria / European Union legal scope · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

A2 · Binding Court of Justice interpretation establishes a substantive multi-country right to understandable explanations of automated credit decisions.

CJEU · Judgment C-203/22, automated credit assessment explanations
2025-02-27
M-020 · Replika ordered to remedy unlawful data processing
4/5 Major
Privacy & securityNational regulator findings and compliance order; appeal noted
10 April 2025 · decision; announced 19 May
Italy · regulatory jurisdiction · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

A2 · A concluded national finding and substantive order to correct AI-companion privacy and age-verification practices, beyond a small fine or investigation alone.

Italian Garante · Replika findings and national compliance order
2025-05-19

Italian Garante · Decision of 10 April 2025
2025-04-10
M-021 · Brazil restricts Meta’s AI training and mandates safeguards
4/5 Major
Privacy & securityNational preventive measure followed by conditional resumption
2 July–30 August 2024 · suspension and compliance plan
Brazil · national regulatory scope · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

A2 · A nationwide restriction and mandatory compliance safeguards directly governed personal-data use for generative-AI training, a substantive national privacy remedy.

Brazil ANPD · Conditional resumption and approved compliance plan
2024-08-30

Brazil ANPD · Maintains the 2 July preventive suspension
2024-07-10
M-022 · Dutch court invalidates SyRI risk-profiling law
4/5 Major
Algorithmic decisionsCourt judgment on statutory risk-profiling system
5 February 2020 · judgment
Netherlands · national legal scope · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

A2 · A national court invalidated the legal basis for an opaque automated public-sector risk-profiling system on privacy-rights grounds.

The Hague District Court · SyRI legislation violates Article 8 ECHR
2020-02-05
M-023 · SCHUFA scoring brought under automated-decision protections
4/5 Major
Algorithmic decisionsCJEU judgment C-634/21
7 December 2023 · CJEU judgment
Germany / European Union legal scope · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

A2 · A binding multi-country court precedent applies automated-decision protections to credit scores playing a determining role in contractual decisions.

CJEU · Case C-634/21 judgment record
2023-12-07

Slovak national data-protection authority · Explanation of the CJEU judgments
2023-12-07
M-024 · Automated hiring discrimination ends in federal consent decree
4/5 Major
Algorithmic decisionsFederal employment-discrimination settlement
8 September 2023 · consent decree; announced 11 September
United States · affected applicants · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

A2 · A federal enforcement consent decree established substantive anti-discrimination remedies and ongoing monitoring for an automated hiring system.

US EEOC · iTutorGroup settlement and injunctive relief
2023-09-11
M-025 · Italy limits ChatGPT processing and requires privacy changes
4/5 Major
Privacy & securityNational temporary limitation and corrective measures
30 March–28 April 2023 · national restriction and resumption
Italy · regulatory jurisdiction · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

A2 · An implemented national processing limitation led to substantive generative-AI transparency and user-rights measures, independently established by the determining regulator.

Italian Garante · Measures and access resumption
2023-04-28

Italian Garante · ChatGPT processing restriction
2023-03-31

Italian Garante · Updated notice records successful March 2026 appeal of later sanction
2024-12-20

Conflict & security · 26 qualifying records

Dated public strategic events. Highlighted countries contain catalogued activity in your window; this is not a live front-line or troop-position map. Ratings reflect documented humanitarian consequences, escalation, geographic scope and response. They are editorial within this lens, not directly comparable with other lenses.

Record / importanceScope and why it qualifiesPrimary evidence
C-001 · M23 offensive threatens Goma
4/5 Major
Armed conflictUN Security Council briefing
23–26 January 2025 · reported escalation window
Goma, DR Congo · City referenceGoma is an approximate city reference for the reported episode. The country highlight denotes the record’s DR Congo coverage, not control of territory or a combat footprint.

C1 · UN Security Council documents the major M23 offensive toward Goma and attacks on peacekeepers, a substantively new urban escalation.

UN Security Council · Briefing on the worsening situation in DR Congo
2025-01-26
C-003 · Israel–Iran military escalation
4/5 Major
Cross-border strikesUN political-affairs briefing
13 June 2025 · escalation described by UN
Iran and Israel · regional episode · Tehran city referenceTehran is a named-city reference within a wider regional episode. Country highlights indicate the episode’s coverage, not the locations of individual targets or current military positions.

C1 · UN documents direct Israeli airstrikes across Iran and Iranian retaliation, a major interstate escalation.

UN DPPA · DiCarlo urges Israel and Iran to exercise restraint
2025-06-13
C-005 · Ukraine winter energy-infrastructure attacks
4/5 Major
Infrastructure attacksOHCHR monitoring report
1 December 2025–31 May 2026 · monitoring period
Ukraine · national coverage · Country referenceA broad country reference represents national infrastructure consequences. It does not identify facilities, precise strike sites, front lines or territorial control.

C3 · OHCHR documents sustained national essential-service disruption from winter energy attacks, a comparable UN-documented national humanitarian consequence.

OHCHR / UN Ukraine · Energy attacks and human-rights update
2026-06-29
C-006 · Iran strikes and regional escalation
4/5 Major
Cross-border strikesUN Secretary-General Security Council account
28 February 2026 · UN briefing snapshot
Iran and wider Middle East · Country referenceIran is an approximate country-level reference for a broader regional episode. Highlighted countries are record coverage, not a complete strike footprint or live military map.

C1 · UN Secretary-General documents US/Israeli strikes against Iran and subsequent regional attacks, a distinct major multi-state escalation.

UN Secretary-General · Security Council remarks on the Middle East
2026-02-28
C-007 · Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
5/5 Critical
Invasion & escalationUN Secretary-General statement
24 February 2022 · invasion onset
Ukraine · national episode · Country referenceAn approximate Ukraine country reference, not a frontline map, territorial-control claim or precise location of a military unit. Country colouring denotes dated event coverage.

C1 · The 24 February onset of Russia’s full-scale interstate invasion is documented by the UN.

UN Ukraine · Secretary-General statement on Ukraine
2022-02-24
C-008 · Ethiopia cessation-of-hostilities agreement
4/5 Major
Ceasefire & diplomacyUN Secretary-General statement
2 November 2022 · agreement signing
Ethiopia · agreement coverage · Country coverage / not mappedEthiopia is the agreement’s conflict-coverage country. The talks’ location in South Africa is not substituted for the affected region, and no exact surface event point is invented.

C2 · Official conclusion of the permanent cessation-of-hostilities agreement in Ethiopia; signing is distinguished from implementation.

UN · Statement on Ethiopia’s permanent cessation-of-hostilities agreement
2022-11-02
C-009 · Fighting erupts between Sudanese forces
4/5 Major
Armed conflictUN News account of official statements
15 April 2023 · outbreak of fighting
Khartoum and wider Sudan · City referenceKhartoum is an approximate city reference for an episode extending beyond the capital. It is not a live unit location or a territorial-control assessment.

C1 · UN documents the onset of major fighting between Sudan’s armed forces and Rapid Support Forces, a national war onset.

UN News · Officials condemn fighting between Sudanese forces
2023-04-15

UN City · Official republication of the 15 April UN News account
2023-04-15
C-010 · 7 October attacks and early Gaza war
5/5 Critical
Armed conflictUN Secretary-General Security Council remarks
7–24 October 2023 · early-war snapshot
Israel and Gaza · early-war snapshot · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedThe record spans Israel and Gaza. Country and territory coverage does not resolve disputed boundaries; a schematic node avoids a false single battlefield coordinate.

C1 · 7 October mass attacks and the onset of the Gaza war constitute a distinct major war episode documented by the UN.

UN · Secretary-General Security Council remarks on the Middle East
2023-10-24

UN · Secretary-General condemns Hamas attacks
2023-10-07
C-011 · Israel–Lebanon escalation and displacement
4/5 Major
Cross-border strikesUN Geneva multi-agency briefing
23–24 September 2024 · escalation snapshot
Lebanon and northern Israel · Lebanon regional referenceAn approximate Lebanon regional reference represents a broader cross-border episode. Highlighted countries indicate source coverage, not a surveyed front line or sovereignty claim.

C1 · A major September escalation of cross-border strikes in Lebanon and northern Israel opened a substantially intensified theatre.

UN Geneva · Press briefing on Lebanon escalation
2024-09-24
C-012 · Iran’s direct attack on Israel
4/5 Major
Cross-border strikesUN Secretary-General statement
13 April 2024 · attack episode
Iran–Israel · regional episode · Multi-country / not mappedA cross-country episode is shown through a schematic node and source-coverage country highlighting. Launch sites, flight paths and targets are not invented or tracked.

C1 · The UN documents Iran’s direct large-scale attack against Israel, a major direct interstate escalation.

UN · Statement on Iran’s attack targeting Israel
2024-04-13
C-013 · January Gaza ceasefire enters into effect
4/5 Major
Ceasefire & diplomacyOCHA implementation review
19 January 2025 · ceasefire begins
Israel and Gaza · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C2 · A major ceasefire actually entered into effect and substantially changed humanitarian access; it is not merely a call for a ceasefire.

OCHA · Humanitarian response during phase one of the ceasefire
2025-03-17
C-014 · Major hostilities resume in Gaza after ceasefire
4/5 Major
Invasion & escalationOCHA humanitarian situation update
18 March 2025 · renewed large-scale bombardment
Gaza · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C1 · A major resumption of war after an implemented ceasefire constitutes a distinct strategic escalation rather than a routine battlefield update.

OCHA · Humanitarian Situation Update 273
2025-03-18
C-015 · October Gaza ceasefire takes effect
4/5 Major
Ceasefire & diplomacyOCHA implementation account
10 October 2025 at noon · ceasefire begins
Israel and Gaza · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C2 · A second major Gaza ceasefire actually entered into effect with documented implementation steps after renewed war.

OCHA · Humanitarian Situation Update 331
2025-10-16
C-016 · DR Congo–Rwanda peace agreement signed
4/5 Major
Ceasefire & diplomacyUN Secretary-General confirmation
27 June 2025 · agreement signed
DR Congo and Rwanda · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C2 · Official conclusion of a major interstate peace agreement addressing the eastern DR Congo regional conflict.

UN Secretary-General · Signing of DR Congo–Rwanda peace agreement
2025-06-27
C-017 · Zamzam camp assault causes mass flight
4/5 Major
Humanitarian displacementUN humanitarian account and IOM tracking
11–30 April 2025 · assault and displacement snapshot
Zamzam / North Darfur, Sudan · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C3 · A distinct assault and humanitarian shift displaced an estimated more than 400,000 people from one camp, exceeding the 100,000 threshold.

UN Secretary-General · Sudan statement on Zamzam displacement
2025-04-30

IOM DTM · Zamzam displacement update 007
2025-04-17
C-018 · El Fasher’s fall triggers further mass displacement
4/5 Major
Humanitarian displacementIPC alert citing IOM displacement monitoring
26 October 2025–13 January 2026 · fall and displacement snapshot
El Fasher / North Darfur, Sudan · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C1 / C3 · A major change in city control produced a further documented regional humanitarian shift exceeding 100,000 displaced people.

IPC · Sudan alert, published 5 February 2026
2026-02-05
C-019 · As-Sweida hostilities displace over 190,000
4/5 Major
Humanitarian displacementUN Humanitarian Coordinator statement
July 2025 · escalation and displacement period
As-Sweida and receiving Syrian governorates · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C3 · A distinct July escalation caused over 190,000 people to flee, a major regional humanitarian shift above the policy threshold.

UN Syria · Humanitarian Coordinator on As-Sweida response
2025-08-21
C-020 · Myanmar fighting drives a new 110,000-person displacement wave
4/5 Major
Humanitarian displacementOCHA Humanitarian Update 47
Late May–27 June 2025 · precise onset unspecified
Bago, Magway, Sagaing, Southern Shan and Tanintharyi · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C3 · A source-separated conflict-driven displacement wave exceeds 100,000 people and is bounded to late May–June 2025.

OCHA / UN Myanmar · Humanitarian Update 47
2025-06-27
C-021 · Haiti violence drives record national displacement
4/5 Major
Humanitarian displacementIOM displacement assessment
21 April–3 June 2025 · DTM measurement round
Haiti · national measurement · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C3 · IOM documents national displacement exceeding 1.2m and a 24% rise since December, a major national humanitarian shift.

IOM DTM · Haiti displacement Round 10, survey period 21 April–3 June
2025-06-11
C-022 · US military action in Venezuela
4/5 Major
Cross-border strikesUN Secretary-General Security Council briefing
3 January 2026 · direct military action
Venezuela · affected northern regions · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C1 · Direct US military action across Venezuelan locations and detention of its leader constitutes a major interstate escalation.

UN Secretary-General · Security Council remarks on Venezuela
2026-01-05
C-023 · Afghanistan–Pakistan hostilities escalate in February
4/5 Major
Cross-border strikesUNAMA verified civilian-casualty account
21 February–5 March 2026 · escalation and monitoring window
Afghanistan–Pakistan border and Afghan provinces · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C1 · A major direct interstate escalation brought airstrikes inside Afghanistan and intensified cross-border hostilities, independently documented by UNAMA.

UNAMA · Verified update through 5 March
2026-03-06

UNAMA · Initial 21–22 February airstrike account
2026-02-23
C-024 · Lebanon’s March escalation displaces over one million
4/5 Major
Humanitarian displacementUNRWA humanitarian situation report
2–24 March 2026 · new escalation and displacement snapshot
Lebanon · national humanitarian consequences · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C3 · A distinct new escalation produced a national displacement shift above one million people, far exceeding the 100,000 threshold.

UNRWA · Lebanon Emergency Response 2026, report 4
2026-03-26
C-025 · Nagorno-Karabakh exodus reaches over 100,000 arrivals
4/5 Major
Humanitarian displacementUNHCR emergency update
23–30 September 2023 · refugee arrival window
Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C3 · A rapid cross-border exodus exceeded 100,000 people and profoundly changed the regional humanitarian situation.

UNHCR · Armenia Emergency Update 1
2023-09-30
C-026 · Syrian government falls after major opposition offensive
4/5 Major
Invasion & escalationUNHCR regional crisis update
27 November–8 December 2024 · offensive and government fall
Syria · national strategic shift · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C1 · A major offensive and fall of the national government fundamentally changed the strategic course of Syria’s war.

UNHCR · Syria regional flash update, 11 December
2024-12-11
C-027 · UN-brokered nationwide Yemen truce begins
4/5 Major
Ceasefire & diplomacyUN Security Council implementation briefing
2 April 2022 · two-month truce begins
Yemen · nationwide and cross-border scope · Country / regional referenceGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C2 · An implemented nationwide truce materially reduced hostilities in a major war, a distinct diplomatic and humanitarian milestone.

UN Security Council · Truce implementation and humanitarian consequences
2022-04-14
C-028 · Israel–Lebanon ceasefire enters into effect
4/5 Major
Ceasefire & diplomacyUNRWA implementation snapshot
27 November 2024 at 04:00 · ceasefire begins
Lebanon and northern Israel · Multi-jurisdictional / not mappedGeography denotes the source-supported affected jurisdiction or named region, not headquarters, territorial control, a frontline, or a precise footprint.

C2 · A major ceasefire following the 2024 Israel–Lebanon escalation entered into effect with UN observation of initial implementation.

UNRWA · Lebanon Emergency Response report 15
2024-12-02

Weather & nature · 17 qualifying records

Historical hazard records, not a forecast or warning service. Cloud patterns are illustrative; markers and case details come from cited sources. Ratings reflect documented human consequences, disruption, scale and response. Scientific hazard categories remain separate from our editorial significance.

Record / importanceScope and why it qualifiesPrimary evidence
W-001 · Palisades wildfire
4/5 Major
WildfireCalifornia State Parks staff report
7 January 2025 onset · subsequent response
Pacific Palisades, California, US · Community referenceAn approximate community reference, not a surveyed ignition coordinate or fire perimeter. The event does not represent every Los Angeles fire that month.

N2 · Palisades alone destroyed 6,800 homes/businesses and had US$15.56 bn residential claims paid in the regulator’sJuly 2026 table, establishing a comparably material disaster. Claims paid are not total damage.

California State Parks · Palisades Fire staff report
2025-03-26

California Insurance Dept · Per-fire insured losses, July 2026
2026-07-06
W-002 · Central Myanmar earthquake
5/5 Critical
EarthquakeWHO emergency-response plan
28 March 2025 · main shocks
Mandalay–Sagaing, Myanmar · Regional referenceA broad Mandalay–Sagaing reference, not a claimed epicentre coordinate or full shaking footprint.

N1 / N2 · World Bank reports over 17 million affected and about US$11 bn physical-asset damage, exceeding N1/N2.

WHO / UN Myanmar · Earthquake response and early-recovery plan
2025-07-07

World Bank · Myanmar earthquake physical-asset damage
2025-06-12
W-003 · Central Texas flash flooding
4/5 Major
FloodingNOAA research account; updated August 2026
3–5 July 2025 · rainfall and flooding window
Kerrville and central Texas, US · City / regional referenceKerrville is an approximate reference within a broader affected region, not a complete inundation map or a particular victim’s location.

N1 · The official Texas investigation documents at least 135 deaths across central Texas, exceeding N1.

NOAA PSL · Weather whiplash in Texas: drought to flood
2025-08-11

Texas House · Camp Mystic flood investigation
2026-06-18
W-004 · Hurricane Melissa strikes Jamaica
4/5 Major
Tropical cycloneWorld Bank / IDB rapid damage estimate
28 October 2025 · Jamaica landfall
Jamaica · Country referenceA Jamaica country reference, not the exact landfall coordinate or a complete storm track and damage footprint.

N2 · World Bank/IDB estimate US$8.8 bn physical damage in Jamaica, exceeding N2; economic losses remain separate.

World Bank / IDB · Hurricane Melissa physical damage estimate
2025-11-19

WMO · Category 5 Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica and Caribbean islands
2025-10-28
W-005 · Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar
4/5 Major
Tropical cycloneUNICEF Update 4 · labelled 12 March 2026; internal update timing uncertain
10 February 2026 · east-coast landfall
Toamasina / Atsinanana, Madagascar · City / regional referenceAn approximate Toamasina-area reference, not a measured storm track, wind field or precise landfall point.

N1 · UNICEF’s Gezani-specific section reports over 478,000 affected people, exceeding N1. The count is not combined with Fytia and does not represent a count of displaced people.

UNICEF · Madagascar Update 4, Gezani section (document labelled 12 March 2026; later-dated material included)
2026-03-12
W-007 · Eastern Afghanistan earthquake
5/5 Critical
EarthquakeDated primary-source assessment
31 August 2025 · main earthquake;18 September impact snapshot
Eastern Afghanistan · Kunar and neighbouring provinces · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.

N1 · WHO documented 2,205 fatalities, well above N1’s 100-death threshold.

WHO · Eastern Afghanistan earthquake report 11
2025-09-18
W-008 · Pakistan’s 2025 monsoon floods
5/5 Critical
FloodingDated primary-source assessment
26 June–12 September 2025 · onset to dated impact snapshot
Pakistan · multiple provinces · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.

N1 · UNICEF reports 946 national deaths and 5.1 million affected in Punjab as of 12 September 2025, exceeding N1.

UNICEF Pakistan · Flood update 12 September 2025
2025-09-12
W-009 · Cyclone Ditwah floods Sri Lanka
4/5 Major
Tropical cycloneDated primary-source assessment
28 November 2025 · landfall;22 December damage assessment
Sri Lanka · national impact assessment · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.

N1 / N2 · World Bank reports close to two million affected and US$4.1 bn direct physical damage, exceeding N1/N2.

World Bank · Cyclone Ditwah rapid damage estimate
2025-12-22
W-010 · 2024 confirmed as the warmest year on record
4/5 Major
Climate recordDated primary-source assessment
Calendar year 2024 · WMO confirmation 10 January 2025
Global · annual temperature assessment · Not mapped / multi-countryOrbital placement is schematic; the record has no single verified Earth location at this map resolution.

N3 · WMO establishes a global annual temperature record from six datasets, satisfying N3.

WMO ·2024 warmest year confirmed
2025-01-10
W-011 · Türkiye’s 2023 earthquake sequence
5/5 Critical
EarthquakeDated primary-source assessment
6 February 2023 · main earthquakes;27 February damage assessment
Southern Türkiye · eleven provinces · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.

N1 / N2 · World Bank estimates 1.25 million temporarily homeless and US$34.2 bn direct damage, exceeding N1/N2.

World Bank · Türkiye earthquake damage assessment
2023-02-27
W-012 · Pakistan’s 2022 flood disaster
5/5 Critical
FloodingDated primary-source assessment
2022 monsoon season · assessment 28 October 2022; approximate seasonal start bound
Pakistan · assessed flood-affected regions · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.

N2 · The joint assessment documents damage exceeding US$14.9 bn, well above N2.

World Bank / Pakistan / partners · Flood damage assessment
2022-10-28
W-013 · Storm Daniel floods eastern Libya
5/5 Critical
FloodingDated primary-source assessment
10–11 September 2023 · storm and catastrophic flooding
Eastern Libya · assessed municipalities · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.

N1 · The joint assessment identifies around 1.5 million impacted people, exceeding N1.

UN Libya / World Bank / EU · Joint flood assessment
2024-01-25

UN Libya · Storm Daniel onset and flash appeal
2023-09-14
W-014 · Nepal’s 2015 earthquake sequence
5/5 Critical
EarthquakeDated primary-source assessment
25 April and 12 May 2015 · main earthquake sequence
Nepal · central affected districts · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.

N1 · The World Bank records 8,970 deaths and eight million impacted people, exceeding N1.

World Bank · Nepal post-earthquake resilience guide
2021-12-05
W-015 · Rio Grande do Sul’s 2024 flood emergency
4/5 Major
FloodingDated primary-source assessment
27 April–May 2024 · storm onset and approximate main flood-period bound
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · regional reference · Approximate country referenceApproximate named-region reference, not a measured impact footprint.

N1 · World Bank documents approximately 2.4 million affected and more than 400,000 displaced people, exceeding N1.

World Bank · Rio Grande do Sul flood recovery assessment
2024-09-24

NASA Earth Observatory · Rio Grande do Sul storms began27April
2024-05-09
W-016 · Eastern Spain’s 2024 DANA floods
4/5 Major
FloodingDated primary-source assessment
29 October 2024 · main flooding;20 November EU response snapshot
Valencia / eastern Spain · regional reference · Approximate country referenceApproximate named-region reference, not a measured impact footprint.

N1 · The European Commission documents 224 fatalities, above N1’s 100-death threshold.

European Commission Civil Protection · Spain flood recovery
2024-11-20
W-017 · Kenya’s 2026 long-rains flood disaster
4/5 Major
FloodingDated primary-source assessment
March 2026 · impact snapshot through 30 March
Kenya ·27 affected counties · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.

N1 · WHO reports 112 deaths as of 30 March 2026, exceeding N1’s 100-death threshold.

WHO Kenya · Health system response to flooding
2026-04-10
W-018 · Kamchatka magnitude 8.8 earthquake and Pacific tsunami
4/5 Major
Earthquake & tsunamiDated primary-source assessment
29 July 2025 at 23:24 UTC ·30 July local time
Offshore Kamchatka · Pacific-wide response · USGS instrumental epicentre referenceApproximate named-region reference, not a measured impact footprint.

N3 · USGS confirms Mw 8.8 and UNESCO documents international tsunami/evacuation response, satisfying clarified N3.

UNESCO IOC · Global Kamchatka tsunami response
2025-07-30

USGS · Kamchatka instrumental earthquake record
2025-07-29

NOAA ITIC · Kamchatka tsunami observations
2025-07-29

Space & orbit · 11 qualifying records

Dated mission and space-environment records. Orbital nodes are schematic and do not show live spacecraft positions. Ratings express mission, safety or scientific importance. A successful milestone can be highly significant without being a harmful incident.

Record / importanceScope and why it qualifiesPrimary evidence
S-002 · Blue Ghost landing and lunar-navigation first
4/5 Major
Exploration milestoneNASA and Italian Space Agency mission results
2–16 March 2025 · landing and surface-science episode
Moon · Mare Crisium · Off-Earth / not mappedThe event occurred on the Moon. An orbital-layer node is a schematic navigation aid; it is not an Earth location or a depiction of the actual spacecraft position.

S1 · NASA and ASI document the first terrestrial-GNSS navigation fix on the Moon during the successful surface-science mission.

NASA · Science touches down on Moon aboard Firefly lander
2025-03-02

NASA · First terrestrial-navigation signal tracking on lunar surface
2025-03-04

ASI · LuGRE completed surface mission
2025-03-17
S-004 · Artemis II crew returns from lunar flight
4/5 Major
Human spaceflightESA mission-completion account
10 April 2026 local US time · 11 April UTC
Earth–Moon mission · Pacific recovery · Mission-wide / not mappedThe record covers the whole Earth–Moon mission, not an exact recovery point. A schematic orbital node avoids implying a surface event location for the journey.

S1 · ESA and NOAA establish safe completion of the first crewed flight around the Moon and back since Apollo17 in 1972, a major achieved human-exploration milestone.

ESA · Artemis II splashdown
2026-04-11

NOAA · Artemis II safe return after lunar mission
2026-04-13
S-005 · Bennu sample analysis reveals prebiotic chemistry
4/5 Major
Planetary scienceOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
29 January 2025 · major sample-science publication
Asteroid Bennu samples · Earth-based laboratory analysis · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S1 · Major peer-reviewed scientific consequence of a national sample-return mission: pristine carbonaceous material preserves abundant prebiotic chemistry without uncontrolled terrestrial exposure.

NASA · Bennu sample-science findings
2025-01-29

Nature Astronomy · Ammonia and organic matter in Bennu samples
2025-01-29
S-006 · Proba-3 demonstrates precision artificial eclipses
4/5 Major
Space engineeringOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
March 2025 · first commissioning eclipses; disclosed 16 June
Earth orbit · two-spacecraft formation · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S1 · ESA’s determining account establishes unprecedented autonomous precision formation flying that creates artificial total eclipses and produces coronal images.

ESA · First precision-formation artificial solar eclipse
2025-06-16

ESA · Dated March 25 commissioning image
2025-06-16
S-007 · SPHEREx completes its first 102-band all-sky map
4/5 Major
AstronomyOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
December 2025 · completed by the December 18 announcement
All-sky observations · Earth orbit · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S1 · NASA JPL confirms the first complete entire-sky infrared map in 102 bands, an achieved national-mission observation capability, with the dataset made available.

NASA JPL · First 102-band all-sky cosmic map
2025-12-18
S-008 · Starliner test crew returns after a 286-day stay
4/5 Major
Human spaceflight safetyOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
5 June 2024–18 March 2025 · extended mission and return
ISS mission and Earth recovery · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S2 · NASA’s safety decision reassigned the test crew’s return vehicle; the completed 286-day stay establishes substantial prolonged human-spaceflight disruption.

NASA · Crew-9 splashdown and 286-day stay
2025-03-18

NASA · Decision against crewed Starliner return
2024-08-24
S-009 · Parker survives the closest solar approach
4/5 Major
Solar explorationOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
24 December 2024 · closest pass; health confirmed December 26
Solar atmosphere · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S1 · Official confirmation that the national mission survived humanity’s closest solar approach establishes access to an unprecedented in-situ measurement regime.

NASA · Confirmed closest pass to the Sun
2024-12-27
S-010 · Chang’e-6 returns the first lunar far-side samples
4/5 Major
Sample-return milestoneOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
25 June 2024 · completed return
Moon far side · completed sample-return mission · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S1 · CNSA’s completed-mission account establishes the first samples returned from the lunar far side, a major achieved national-mission science milestone.

CNSA · Completed far-side sample-return timeline
2024-06-26
S-011 · Damaged Shenzhou capsule triggers emergency replacement
4/5 Major
Human spaceflight safetyOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
5–25 November 2025 · delayed return and replacement lifeboat
Tiangong station and Earth-return episode · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S2 · A human return was delayed for safety, crews changed vessels and an emergency replacement was launched/docked to restore return capability.

State Council Information Office / CMSA · Emergency Shenzhou-22 mission
2025-11-25
S-012 · DART demonstrates deliberate asteroid deflection
4/5 Major
Planetary defenceOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
26 September 2022 · impact; orbit change confirmed October11
Dimorphos–Didymos asteroid system · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S1 · Official national/international mission result and peer-reviewed measurement establish humanity’s first full-scale deliberate asteroid deflection.

NASA · Confirmed asteroid orbit change
2022-10-11

Nature · DART orbital-period measurement
2023-03-01
S-013 · Gannon storm disrupts navigation and satellite operations
4/5 Major
Space weatherOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
10–13 May 2024 · main geomagnetic episode
Earth’s magnetic environment · global · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

S3 · Official retrospective and operational research document broad navigation/agriculture, aviation and satellite consequences; this passes S3 beyond a category-only alert.

NASA · Gannon operational consequences
2025-05-09

NSF · Research links storm to operational GPS disruption
2026-06-03

Human progress · 8 qualifying records

Curated innovation milestones. Stage labels distinguish research from trials, deployment and measured outcomes. Map references locate the documented work, not every beneficiary. Significance reflects the documented scientific or societal importance of a milestone, not commercial success, safety certification or a prediction of future adoption.

Record / importanceScope and why it qualifiesPrimary evidence
P-001 · Personalised gene editing reaches a patient
4/5 Major
TrialSingle-patient experimental treatment report
February–April 2025 · initial treatment and follow-up doses
Philadelphia, US · Approximate treatment-city referencePhiladelphia marks the publicly identified treatment city, not a patient’s home or a population-wide benefit footprint.

P1 · First patient-specific in-vivo base-editing treatment for CPS1 deficiency, corroborated by the peer-reviewed clinical report; an unusually consequential clinical first without a general-cure or mass-benefit claim.

CHOP · Patient-specific CRISPR treatment report
2025-05-15

NEJM · Patient-specific in vivo gene-editing clinical report
2025-05-15
P-005 · Rubin Observatory reveals first imagery
4/5 Major
TrialCommissioning result reported by a funding agency
23 June 2025 · public release of commissioning imagery
Cerro Pachón, Chile · Approximate observatory-site referenceCerro Pachón marks the actual observatory in Chile. The public unveiling event in Washington is not used as the observation location.

P1 · First scientific imagery from the integrated 3,200-megapixel Rubin system demonstrated a new wide-and-deep capability; the DOE result is corroborated by the National Academy of Sciences. This is an instrument first, not completion of the future survey.

US Department of Energy · Rubin first imagery
2025-06-23

National Academy of Sciences · First imagery and demonstrated camera capability
2025-06-24
P-006 · Clean-power growth meets global demand growth in 2025
4/5 Major
Measured impactIndependent authoritative annual electricity assessments
January–December 2025 · full-year electricity assessment
Global electricity system · Global statistical recordThis is a global statistical result. An orbital node avoids assigning worldwide generation changes to a research organisation’s headquarters.

P3 · Independent bounded 2025 electricity assessments establish system-level improvement. The overlapping H1 record is updated/merged rather than counted twice.

Ember · Global Electricity Review 2026, 2025 assessment
2026-04-21

IEA · Global Energy Review 2026 electricity supply
2026-04-20
P-010 · Brain–spine digital bridge restores voluntary walking
4/5 Major
TrialOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
24 May 2023 · peer-reviewed clinical milestone; earlier study period not fully dated
Multicentre clinical research · Europe · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

P1 · A peer-reviewed brain–spine digital bridge, with implanted recording/stimulation components and external computing, enabled one participant with chronic tetraplegia to stand and walk voluntarily. The source reports stability over a year.

Nature · Brain–spine clinical interface study
2023-05-24

CEA · Brain–spine interface demonstration
2023-05-24
P-011 · First CRISPR-based medicine receives a licence
4/5 Major
Regulatory authorisationOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
16 November 2023 · first regulatory authorisation
United Kingdom · regulatory jurisdiction · National authorisation / not a benefit-point coordinateA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

P1 · MHRA’s determining decision establishes the first licensed CRISPR-based medicine after clinical review, an unusually consequential medical/regulatory first.

MHRA · First licensed CRISPR-based medicine
2023-11-16
P-012 · Surface-code quantum memory crosses the error threshold
4/5 Major
DiscoveryOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
9 December 2024 · peer-reviewed result publication
Distributed research / no single benefit location · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

P1 · A peer-reviewed first definitive below-threshold surface-code memory, independently contextualised by APS, establishes the necessary scaling behaviour of error correction rather than a promotional speed benchmark.

Nature · Below-threshold surface-code experiment
2024-12-09

American Physical Society · Independent scientific account
2024-12-09
P-013 · MICrONS links mammalian wiring to neural activity
4/5 Major
DiscoveryOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
9 April 2025 · peer-reviewed functional-connectome release
Distributed research / no single benefit location · Not singly mappedA schematic orbital node avoids treating a headquarters or Earth site as the location of this distributed or off-Earth result.

P1 · Peer-reviewed and NIH-documented first dense multi-area mammalian functional-connectome capability at approximately 1mm³, co-registering activity with roughly 0.5 billion synapses.

Nature · MICrONS functional connectomics dataset
2025-04-09

NIH · Mammalian wiring and activity map
2025-04-09
P-014 · NIF achieves fusion target gain above unity
4/5 Major
DiscoveryOfficial or peer-reviewed qualifying result
5 December 2022 · ignition experiment
Livermore, California, US · Approximate experiment-site referenceLivermore is the named experiment site, not a footprint of delivered electricity or beneficiary households.

P1 · The first laboratory fusion target gain greater than one is supported by LLNL’s dated experiment account and subsequent peer-reviewed PRL measurement, with target gain explicitly separated from facility-energy gain.

LLNL · First target-gain ignition achievement
2022-12-13

Physical Review Letters · Target gain above unity
2024-02-05

Public health · 20 qualifying records

Dated public-health notices and milestones, including outbreaks, prevention, response and elimination. Published counts and official assessments refer to their stated snapshot; this is not a live disease-surveillance or medical advice service. Significance expresses editorial public-health importance across both challenges and successes. It is not a disease-severity scale, personal risk estimate or an official WHO alert level.

Record / importanceScope and why it qualifiesPrimary evidence
H-003 · Suriname receives malaria-free certification
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated official public-health account
30 June 2025 · WHO certification
Suriname · national milestone · Approximate country referenceThe marker uses the Natural Earth country-label anchor as a jurisdiction reference. It is not an outbreak epicentre, a case location, a measured footprint or a claim that the entire country was affected.
Official assessment at source date: Certified malaria-free by WHO on 30 June 2025; continued surveillance remains necessary.

H3 · WHO formally certified nationwide interruption of indigenous malaria transmission on 30 June 2025.

WHO · Suriname certified malaria-free
2025-06-30
H-004 · Timor-Leste receives malaria-free certification
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated official public-health account
24 July 2025 · WHO certification
Timor-Leste · national certification · Approximate country referenceThe marker uses the Natural Earth country-label anchor as a jurisdiction reference. It is not an outbreak epicentre, a case location, a measured footprint or a claim that the entire country was affected.
Official assessment at source date: Certified malaria-free by WHO on 24 July 2025; dated certification, not a guarantee against reintroduction.

H3 · WHO formally certified Timor-Leste malaria-free on 24 July 2025; certification is distinct from eradication.

WHO · Timor-Leste certified malaria-free
2025-07-24
H-005 · WHO recommends twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention
4/5 Major
PreventionDated official public-health account
14 July 2025 · guideline recommendation
Global · WHO prevention policy · Multi-country / not mappedThis record concerns several countries or global policy. Its orbital position is schematic and conveys no physical site or transmission route.
Official assessment at source date: WHO recommends injectable lenacapavir as an additional PrEP choice; access and rollout were still limited at publication.

H4 · WHO adopted a major evidence-based HIV-prevention recommendation for injectable lenacapavir, not a promotional launch.

WHO · Recommends injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention
2025-07-14
H-006 · WHO documents the 2025 multi-country cholera burden
4/5 Major
Outbreak noticeDated official public-health account
1 January–25 May 2025 · reported surveillance window
26 reporting countries · multi-country snapshot · Multi-country / not mappedThis record concerns several countries or global policy. Its orbital position is schematic and conveys no physical site or transmission route.
Official assessment at source date: WHO situation report 27; figures as of 25 May 2025, subject to incomplete reporting and delays.

H2 · WHO reported 211,678 cholera cases and 2,754 deaths across 26 countries for 1 January–25 May 2025, exceeding H2. Further routine updates belong to this episode.

WHO · Multi-country outbreak of cholera, situation report 27
2025-06-17
H-007 · Preventive cholera vaccination resumes in Mozambique
4/5 Major
PreventionDated official public-health account
4–8 February 2026 · first preventive campaign round
Mozambique · national milestone · Approximate country referenceThe marker uses the Natural Earth country-label anchor as a jurisdiction reference. It is not an outbreak epicentre, a case location, a measured footprint or a claim that the entire country was affected.
Official assessment at source date: Preventive campaigns restarted after the 2022 supply pause; first-round reach reported 9 March 2026.

H4 · A launched preventive programme reached 1,788,408 people in its first round, exceeding H4’s 1 million threshold.

Gavi VaccinesWork · Mozambique preventive cholera campaign first round
2026-03-09

WHO · Preventive cholera vaccination resumes
2026-02-04
H-008 · Tunisia validates elimination of trachoma as a public-health problem
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated official public-health account
14 May 2026 · WHO validation
Tunisia · national milestone · Approximate country referenceThe marker uses the Natural Earth country-label anchor as a jurisdiction reference. It is not an outbreak epicentre, a case location, a measured footprint or a claim that the entire country was affected.
Official assessment at source date: WHO validated elimination as a public-health problem; this is not eradication or proof of zero infections.

H3 · WHO formally validated national elimination of trachoma as a public-health problem on 14 May 2026.

WHO · Tunisia validated as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
2026-05-14
H-009 · WHO determines Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak a PHEIC
5/5 Critical
Outbreak noticeDated official public-health account
17 May 2026 · WHO emergency determination
DR Congo and Uganda · international determination · Multi-country / not mappedThis record concerns several countries or global policy. Its orbital position is schematic and conveys no physical site or transmission route.
Official assessment at source date: Public health emergency of international concern determined on 17 May 2026; WHO said pandemic-emergency criteria were not met.

H1 · WHO formally determined the DRC–Uganda Bundibugyo epidemic a PHEIC on 17 May 2026; suspected counts are not confirmed infections.

WHO · Bundibugyo Ebola epidemic determined a public health emergency of international concern
2026-05-17
H-010 · Bangladesh launches preventive cholera campaign
4/5 Major
PreventionDated official public-health account
20 August 2026 · national campaign launch
Bangladesh · national milestone · Approximate country referenceThe marker uses the Natural Earth country-label anchor as a jurisdiction reference. It is not an outbreak epicentre, a case location, a measured footprint or a claim that the entire country was affected.
Official assessment at source date: Campaign launch; approximately 5.17 million people targeted, not confirmed vaccinated.

H4 · WHO documents launch of a preventive programme targeting 5.17 million people in 14 priority areas; target and secured doses are not achieved coverage.

WHO Bangladesh · Preventive cholera vaccination campaign launch
2026-08-20
H-011 · Uganda completes 2026 Bundibugyo outbreak monitoring
4/5 Major
ResponseDated official public-health account
27 August 2026 · completion of additional 42-day monitoring
Uganda · national milestone · Approximate country referenceThe marker uses the Natural Earth country-label anchor as a jurisdiction reference. It is not an outbreak epicentre, a case location, a measured footprint or a claim that the entire country was affected.
Official assessment at source date: WHO/Africa CDC welcomed outbreak end after monitoring from the last imported patient’s 16 July discharge.

H3 · Uganda completed monitoring within the formal H-009 international emergency. This distinct national end milestone qualifies H3 through its H1 parent, not its 20 case total.

WHO Africa / Africa CDC · Uganda ends Ebola outbreak following 42-day countdown
2026-08-27

WHO · Bundibugyo Ebola epidemic determined a public health emergency of international concern
2026-05-17
H-013 · Georgia receives malaria-free certification
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated primary-source assessment
23 January 2025 · WHO certification
Georgia · national certification · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.
Official assessment at source date: WHO certified Georgia malaria-free after at least three years without indigenous transmission.

H3 · Formal WHO country-level malaria-free certification meets H3.

WHO · Georgia certified malaria-free
2025-01-23
H-014 · Niger verifies elimination of river-blindness transmission
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated primary-source assessment
30 January 2025 · WHO verification
Niger · national verification · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.
Official assessment at source date: WHO verified interrupted transmission of Onchocerca volvulus; first verified country in Africa.

H3 · WHO formally verified national interruption of onchocerciasis transmission, satisfying H3.

WHO · Niger first African Region country to eliminate onchocerciasis
2025-01-30
H-015 · Senegal validates trachoma elimination
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated primary-source assessment
15 July 2025 · WHO validation
Senegal · national validation · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.
Official assessment at source date: Elimination as a public-health problem validated; post-validation surveillance continues.

H3 · WHO trachoma-elimination validation meets H3; the May 2026 certificate presentation belongs to this 2025 decision.

WHO · Senegal joins countries eliminating trachoma
2025-07-15
H-016 · Maldives achieves triple elimination of vertical transmission
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated primary-source assessment
13 October 2025 · WHO validation announced
Maldives · national validation · Not mapped / multi-countryOrbital placement is schematic; the record has no single verified Earth location at this map resolution.
Official assessment at source date: WHO validated hepatitis B mother-to-child transmission elimination while prior HIV and syphilis validations were maintained.

H3 · WHO validated country-level elimination of mother-to-child transmission of three infections, satisfying H3.

WHO · Maldives achieves triple elimination
2025-10-13
H-017 · Algeria validates trachoma elimination
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated primary-source assessment
23 April 2026 · WHO validation announcement
Algeria · national validation · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.
Official assessment at source date: WHO validated elimination as a public-health problem; continued surveillance was recommended.

H3 · WHO country-level validation of trachoma elimination as a public-health problem meets H3.

WHO · Algeria eliminates trachoma as a public-health problem
2026-04-23
H-018 · Pakistan launches HPV vaccination for thirteen million girls
4/5 Major
PreventionDated primary-source assessment
15 September 2025 · first-phase campaign launch
Pakistan · first-phase programme jurisdictions · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.
Official assessment at source date: Launched programme;13 million eligible girls and 90%uptake were targets, not completed coverage.

H4 · The official launch documents a mass intervention intended for 13 million girls, exceeding H4’s 1 million threshold.

UNICEF / Government of Pakistan · HPV campaign launch
2025-09-15
H-019 · Bangladesh reports 42.47 million typhoid vaccinations
4/5 Major
PreventionDated primary-source assessment
12 October–13 November 2025 · launch and vaccination campaign
Bangladesh · nationwide programme · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.
Official assessment at source date: WHO’s 25 February 2026 account reported 42.47 million children vaccinated by campaign end.

H4 · A documented mass campaign vaccinated 42.47 million children, exceeding H4. Launch and completion are one episode.

WHO South-East Asia · Bangladesh TCV campaign outcome
2026-02-25

UNICEF · Bangladesh nationwide TCV launch
2025-10-12
H-020 · WHO’s 2024–25 mpox international emergency
5/5 Critical
Outbreak noticeDated primary-source assessment
14 August 2024–5 September 2025 · PHEIC period
Multi-country · mpox emergency determination · Not mapped / multi-countryOrbital placement is schematic; the record has no single verified Earth location at this map resolution.
Official assessment at source date: PHEIC determined 14 August 2024 and ended 5 September 2025; disease transmission did not thereby end.

H1 / H3 · WHO’s formal PHEIC declaration meets H1 and its termination meets H3. Routine committee updates are merged.

WHO Director-General · Mpox emergency ends
2025-09-05

WHO · Mpox PHEIC declaration
2024-08-14
H-021 · COVID-19 international emergency period
5/5 Critical
Outbreak noticeDated primary-source assessment
30 January 2020–5 May 2023 · PHEIC period
Global · international emergency period · Not mapped / multi-countryOrbital placement is schematic; the record has no single verified Earth location at this map resolution.
Official assessment at source date: WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023 while describing COVID-19 as an ongoing global health threat.

H1 / H3 · The formal WHO PHEIC period satisfies H1/H3. Repeated committee renewals and reports are merged.

WHO Director-General · COVID-19 PHEIC termination
2023-05-05

WHO · Second novel-coronavirus Emergency Committee
2020-01-30
H-022 · West African Ebola international emergency
5/5 Critical
Outbreak noticeDated primary-source assessment
8 August 2014–29 March 2016 · PHEIC period
West Africa · multi-country emergency · Not mapped / multi-countryOrbital placement is schematic; the record has no single verified Earth location at this map resolution.
Official assessment at source date: WHO terminated the PHEIC on 29 March 2016; response to re-emergent clusters remained essential.

H1 / H3 · WHO’s 8 August 2014 PHEIC declaration and 29 March 2016 termination meet H1/H3; committee renewals are one episode.

WHO · Ninth Ebola Emergency Committee and PHEIC termination
2016-03-29

WHO · West African Ebola emergency determination
2014-08-08
H-023 · Mauritania validates trachoma elimination
4/5 Major
Elimination milestoneDated primary-source assessment
19 May 2025 · WHO validation announcement
Mauritania · national validation · Approximate country referenceNatural Earth country anchor identifies the jurisdiction, not an epicentre or a claim that all its territory was affected.
Official assessment at source date: WHO validated elimination as a public-health problem; continuing surveillance was required.

H3 · Formal country-level WHO trachoma-elimination validation meets H3.

WHO · Mauritania eliminates trachoma as a public-health problem
2025-05-19