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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Heated exchanges between South Africa and the United States this week are an eruption of tensions over several policy issues that have come into focus under President Donald Trump's administration, ...

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

Earthquakes are not uncommon on Santorini and in 1956 was actually struck by one of the most serious quakes to affect Greece ...