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

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

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

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

The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four ...

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

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

The biggest ever volcanic eruption in our solar system has been recorded, and it puts Eyjafjallajökull in the shade. While the Icelandic eruption managed to ground flights across Europe in 2010 ...

Kīlauea volcano erupted once again Monday night, making this the eighth episode of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption that ...

Santorini is also the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history. Known as the Minoan eruption, it occurred around 1,600 B.C. and destroyed much of the formerly round island ...