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.
Santorini Earthquakes Create Panic In Greece As Locals Fear Volcano Could Erupt
Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...
Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption
A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed ...
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Is a New Volcano About to Be Formed Under Santorini?
Renowned seismologist Costas Synolakis claimed that the earthquakes rattling Santorini may indicate the birth of a new ...
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Fear Grips Santorini as New Quakes Strike and Turkey Warns That the Island’s Volcano Could Blow
Said to be the most popular island on Instagram, Santorini is largely deserted following a series of earthquakes that have ...
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Volcano-scorched Roman scroll is read for the first time in 2000 years
A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...
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Santorini Earthquake Emergency Explained: Could the Volcano Erupt?
The Greek island of Santorini has captured global attention, having been shaken by a severe series of earthquakes since last ...
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 ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...
NASA's Juno Detects Io's Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption Yet
A new volcanic hotspot on Jupiter’s moon Io has been detected, releasing six times Earth’s total energy output.
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 ...
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 ...