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

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

An eruption of Mount Churchill today similar to previous major plumes would bring much of the Northern Hemisphere to a ...

A little-known volcano on a remote Pacific island may have been the source of one of the 19th century’s most powerful ...

Greek prime minister announces £2.5m emergency evacuation fund as experts warn another major eruption could be on its way ...

Geologists visited the Kilauea volcano crater in Hawaii to collect lava samples. Officials from the United States Geological ...

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

Kanlaon Volcano has recorded 23 volcanic earthquakes in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...

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

JOHANNESBURG: Heated exchanges between South Africa and the United States this week are an eruption of tensions over several ...

Scotland saw a 1628% eruption in dating scams – which is 16 times higher than the previous year new data has revealed.

Greek officials have declared a state of emergency, and tourists and locals have fled the tourist island of Santorini amid ...