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

In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

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, ...

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 ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is currently spewing fiery red-orange lava up to 250 feet high from its north vent – in what’s called "Episode 8" of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption.

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 ...

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