Photos: The Year in Volcanic Activity

Gary Miller / GettyPeople watch as Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupts on May 11, 2025, in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.Gary Miller / GettyA closer view of Kīlauea volcano erupting in Hawaii on May 11, 2025, in Kailua Kona.Arnold Welianto / AFP / GettyMount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts, pictured from Pululera village, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on August 18, 2025.AFP / GettyA villager watches the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki from Talibura village in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on June 17, 2025.Etna Walk / AFP / GettyLava flows across a snow-covered slope on Mount Etna on February 14, 2025.Etna Walk / AFP / GettyLava flows down a slope on Mount Etna on February 14, 2025, tumbling onto snow-covered ground.NASA / ReutersA satellite image shows ash rising from the eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia as it drifts over the Red Sea, pictured on November 23, 2025.Agu.S. Harianto / AFP / GettyA man looks at a pyroclastic flow during the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, on November 19, 2025.M. Patrick / USGSHawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists approach the south rim of Halema‘uma‘u crater to make observations at the summit of Kīlauea on November 9, 2025. This section of Crater Rim Drive within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was damaged in the 2018 summit collapse and remains closed to the public.USGS / ZUMA Press Wire / ReutersA researcher samples lava flowing from Kīlauea on April 22, 2025.Badan Geologi / APIn this photo released by the Geological Agency (Badan Geologi) of Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, lightning strikes as Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews volcanic material in East Flores, Indonesia, on August 1, 2025.AZZAM / AFP / GettyA woman and child look on at volcanic ash rising into the air during an eruption of Mount Ibu, near Duono Village in West Halmahera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, on January 15, 2025.Marco Restivo / ReutersVolcanic ash and steam rise from Mount Etna, near Milo, Italy, on June 2, 2025.Giuseppe Distefano / AFP / GettyThis aerial view shows people standing near a flow of lava from Mount Etna on August 28, 2025.Yury Demyanchuk / Russian Academy of Sciences’ Vulcanology Institute / APKlyuchevskoy volcano erupts on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, on August 4, 2025, sending ash six kilometers into the sky.Gary Miller / GettyHawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupts on May 11, 2025, in Kailua Kona.M. Zoeller / USGSOn December 6, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists monitored and measured the Kīlaeua summit eruption episode 38 from multiple vantage points. This photo was captured around 10 a.m. from the northwest rim of the crater, near the a livestreaming webcam, with a vigorous lava fountains under way at both the north and south vents.Johan Ordonez / AFP / GettyFuego volcano erupts, pictured from Alotenango, southwest of Guatemala City, on March 10, 2025.Fabrizio Villa / GettyMount Etna exhibits a strombolian eruption, with a volcanic plume rising from the southeast crater, on June 2, 2025, in Catania, Italy.