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, ...

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

Volcanic ash particles are microscopic shards ... In short, Toba was the biggest eruption since modern humans appeared on earth, and it came very close to wiping out people, along with many ...

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

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 ...

One of Iceland's largest volcanoes is on the brink of erupting, experts have warned. Bárðarbunga – the second-largest volcano in the country – has been hit with a swarm of 130 ...

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