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

It's the seventh eruption since just before Christmas at one of the world's most active volcanoes, with lava shooting ...

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

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted on February 4, spewing lava and molten rock 50 metres into the air, dramatic images show.

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

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

"This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system — so that's really ...

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...

The rise of magma to a higher portion of Kanlaon Volcano’s vent is an indication of a 'possible eruption,' according to the ...

A team of scientists deployed underwater seismographs near Santorini’s Kolumbo volcano to monitor seismic activity after ...

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