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

A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...

NASA officials said what Juno spotted was 'the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to ...

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

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Renowned seismologist Costas Synolakis claimed that the earthquakes rattling Santorini may indicate the birth of a new ...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December on Monday ...

A man who caught an incredible eruption at the Dukono volcano in Indonesia on camera was eager to strike a pose in front of ...

A Hawaiian volcano looks like a scene from Lord of the Rings as it spews lava this week. A United States Geological Survey ...