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

A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed ...

With eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015, the volcano serves as a perfect laboratory, and experts expect an eruption by the end ...

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

“The eruptions are pretty big,” Bill Chadwick ... the Axial Seamount is the “most active volcano in the Northeast Pacific, which maybe some people don’t know because it’s hidden ...

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 ...

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

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

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech ... the underwater shield volcano last erupted in 2015, following previous eruptions in 1998 and 2011. The volcano, first detected in ...

Marcus Hustedde proposes to his girlfriend Ashley in front of the erupting Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on Jan. 18, 2025. (Marcus Hustedde) Storm Chaser and Meteorologist Marcus Hustedde has photographed ...

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 ...