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

An increase in seismic activity has prompted predictions that a mile-wide submarine volcano named the Axial Seamount will ...

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

The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, ...

Task Force Kanlaon head Raul Fernandez says they are worried about a powerful eruption following Thursday's brief volcanic activity ...

M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s summit Tuesday morning. M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s ...

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

Episode 8 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea began at 9:52 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and is currently ...

The Kilauea eruption within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater paused again the afternoon of Jan. 25, when lava flows stopped erupting ...

Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

The Ten Plagues of Egypt are argued to have been the result of the eruption of Thera or Santorini. Does the evidence really support this?