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.
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 ...
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Did the Eruption of Santorini Volcano Destroy the Minoan Civilization?
The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, though?
Old photo of Mount Etna eruption is misleadingly used in posts about Santorini tremors
Since the start of February 2025, the Greek tourist island of Santorini has been rocked by an unprecedented series of seismic ...
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Kilauea pauses after brief weekend eruption
The Kilauea eruption within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater paused again the afternoon of Jan. 25, when lava flows stopped erupting ...
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Researchers Get a Peek Inside Another Herculaneum Scroll That Survived Vesuvius’s Eruption
Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...
Message on 2,000-year-old scroll burnt to crisp in Vesuvius eruption revealed for first time using incredible technique
AN ANCIENT scroll that had nearly turned to charcoal in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD may be about to have ...
Mavericks’ Klay Thompson goes viral with throwback eruption vs. Celtics
Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Klay Thompson went viral for all the right reasons during his throwback performance against ...