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

Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world's ...

With eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015, the volcano serves as a perfect laboratory, and experts expect an eruption by the end ...

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

The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eruption ... sun), and volcanic purple light at twilight, were also seen around the world.

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

Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, is a fiery beast that covers ... It has erupted 33 times since 1843, with the most recent eruption in November 2022, when rivers of lava lit up ...

Io, Jupiter’s fiery moon, just erupted with enough energy to power Earth six times over! NASA’s Juno mission captured this ...

The Axial Seamount—a volcano located ... nicknamed “The Big One” will one day strike. Instead, it rests on the Juan de Fuca ridge further west, and its impending eruption likely won ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in ...

On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.