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.
Eruption ‘imminent’ for mile-wide hidden volcano near US coast: ‘Final stages of buildup’
An increase in seismic activity has prompted predictions that a mile-wide submarine volcano named the Axial Seamount will ...
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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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, ...
Huge underwater volcano eruption predicted for 2025 leaves scientists 'fascinated'
The colossal Axial Seamount, situated approximately 300 miles off the coast of Oregon in the US, is over a mile long, stands ...
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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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 ...
In 1902, A Man Survived A Volcanic Eruption Because He Was Too ‘Rowdy’—Here’s His Incredible Story
While the town around him was engulfed by searing pyroclastic flows, one man achieved the impossible from a prison cell with ...
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Pompeii's dark omen: Ancient footprints show people had to escape an eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1,800 years BEFORE the one that buried the famous Roman city
Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption arguably took place in AD 79, killing up to 16,000 people in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. But more than 2,000 years before this, the 2,000ft volcano suffered ...
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Kilauea pauses after brief weekend eruption
The Kilauea eruption within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater paused again the afternoon of Jan. 25, when lava flows stopped erupting ...
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KÄ«lauea volcano enters 8th eruption episode
Kīlauea volcano erupted once again Monday night, making this the eighth episode of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption that ...