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

A little-known volcano on a remote Pacific island may have been the source of one of the 19th century’s most powerful ...

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

Greek prime minister announces £2.5m emergency evacuation fund as experts warn another major eruption could be on its way ...

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

Houston Rockets guard Dillon Brooks is renowned as one of the NBA’s best defenders and leading trash talkers. The latter didn ...

In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

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

Task Force Kanlaon head Raul Fernandez says they are worried about a powerful eruption following Thursday's brief volcanic activity ...

Renowned seismologist Costas Synolakis claimed that the earthquakes rattling Santorini may indicate the birth of a new ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Yellowstone Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to see why — the dynamic landscape contains a ...