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

The inside of a charred scroll has been deciphered for the first time in 2,000 years after it was buried during a huge ...

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

NASA officials said what Juno spotted was 'the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our ...

The unheated fountain uses water from an uphill pond to spray into the air, creating the illusion of an erupting volcano. As ...

A new volcanic hotspot on Jupiter’s moon Io has been detected, releasing six times Earth’s total energy output.

What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed its latest eruption on Monday, sending fountains of lava shooting more than 250 feet in the air. Photos of the geological spectacle at Hawaii Volcanoes National ...

An increase in seismic activity has prompted predictions that a mile-wide submarine volcano named the Axial Seamount will erupt near the United States West Coast by year’s end. “The eruptions ...

The Greek island of Santorini has captured global attention, having been shaken by a severe series of earthquakes since last ...

Santorini, one of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations, took its present crescent shape following a massive volcanic eruption in antiquity. Now, millions of visitors each year come to see ...