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

An increase in seismic activity has prompted predictions that a mile-wide submarine volcano named the Axial Seamount will ...

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

M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s summit Tuesday morning. M. PATRICK / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Lava spewed out of the northern vent at Kilauea’s ...

Learn how scientists used AI and X-ray technology to digitally open a Roman scroll that was burned and buried during the ...

Since the start of February 2025, the Greek tourist island of Santorini has been rocked by an unprecedented series of seismic ...

Episode 8 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea began at 9:52 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and is currently ...

Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

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

Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Klay Thompson went viral for all the right reasons with his vintage performance against the ...

The Ten Plagues of Egypt are argued to have been the result of the eruption of Thera or Santorini. Does the evidence really support this?