See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Volcano scientists from around the world will gather from Feb. 9-14 in Hilo for the American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Caldera-forming Eruptions at Basaltic Volcanoes: Insights and ...

Santorini faces a countdown to finding out whether the next earthquake will be ‘the big one’. The next 12 to 24 hours are ...

Said to be the most popular island on Instagram, Santorini is largely deserted following a series of earthquakes that have ...

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new ...

Kīlauea volcano erupted once again Monday night, making this the eighth episode of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption that ...

The eruption began on December 23 in a crater at the summit of Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes.

A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island. A webcam on Tuesday shows vigorous streams of red ...

Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island roared back into action the night of Feb. 3 after a 6-day pause in eruptive activity, with ...

Although Greece is no stranger to earthquakes, seismic activity of such frequency and intensity without having been preceded ...

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is currently erupting, with lava fountains reaching heights of over 250 feet. This marks the eighth episode since the eruption began on December 23. The ...

Since the start of February 2025, the Greek tourist island of Santorini has been rocked by an unprecedented series of seismic ...