Giraffes grooming, Big Island eruption and more of the week’s best photos
See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.
Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption
A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island. A webcam on Tuesday shows vigorous streams of red ...
Volcanic eruption and tsunami fears after Greek holiday hotspot hit by earthquakes
What I fear is that when a tsunami hits, people sit and film with their cameras, instead of moving away,’ he added to Live ...
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Did the Eruption of Santorini Volcano Destroy the Minoan Civilization?
The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, ...
Kilauea eruption persists as fountains of lava cover half of the crater floor
M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s summit Tuesday morning. M. PATRICK / ...
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Albayanos learn lessons from 1814 eruption that buried Cagsawa
The tragedy of the Mayon volcano eruption in 1814, that buried the Cagsawa church and its community, has imparted to the ...
Volcanic eruption risk in Iceland increases, scientists warn
Scientists in Iceland say there is an increasing likelihood that a volcano, which has erupted several times since the end of ...
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Volcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Io released 6x more energy than all power plants on Earth
NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...
New Fiery Eruption At Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano
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.
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KÄ«lauea eruption enters Episode 8 with lava fountains at north vent
Episode 8 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea began at 9:52 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and is currently ...
Old photo of Mount Etna eruption is misleadingly used in posts about Santorini tremors
Since the start of February 2025, the Greek tourist island of Santorini has been rocked by an unprecedented series of seismic ...
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Researchers Get a Peek Inside Another Herculaneum Scroll That Survived Vesuvius’s Eruption
Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...