An oil tanker spilled thousands of barrels of oil into the ocean along the coastline of Peru.
Weeks of heavy rain have inundated communities in several Brazilian states.
Late on December 11, a tornado outbreak struck several states in the Midwest, hitting parts of western Kentucky especially hard.
Millions of cubic meters of fallen ash now blanket much of the landscape near the eruption.
Images from the Pacific Northwest, hard-hit by heavy rains
A month of lava flows and ashfall has taken a toll on several small towns on the island of La Palma.
Recent images of the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano
Images from a monster forest fire as it advances toward the city of South Lake Tahoe
As Ida weakens and moves northeast, many Louisiana residents are now assessing the damage, rescuing the stranded, and recovering what they can.
After a stalled storm dropped 17 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, buildings and vehicles were swept away.
As the death toll in Haiti approaches 2,000, rescue operations continue, and hospitals are overwhelmed.
Early images from the Haitian cities of Jeremie and Les Cayes, following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake
Thousand of tourists and locals have fled wildfires on Evia amid near-apocalyptic scenes of dark smoke and flames.
High winds and scorching temperatures have driven the fires, forcing residents and tourists to evacuate by land or by sea.
Scenes from the Golden State’s largest wildfire of 2021 so far
Days of historic levels of rainfall have led to numerous deadly flood events across Western Europe.
Images from one of the largest blazes so far in California’s 2021 fire season
Over the weekend, a massive mudslide struck a seaside resort town in Japan.
Recovery work at the site of the collapse is still underway despite hazardous conditions and harsh weather.
Two years of extremely dry weather have driven the levels of California’s reservoirs to near-record lows, and residents, farmers, and fire crews are preparing for a long, dry summer.
Images from Sri Lanka, where locals are cleaning beaches polluted by debris from a burning cargo ship
Images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Mount Nyiragongo erupted over the weekend
Images of the widespread damage caused by this once-in-a-generation flooding event
Residents are marking the passage of a decade since a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern shore—the most powerful earthquake ever recorded to have hit the country.
A series of sandstorms has sent thousands to hospitals with breathing problems, and caused the closure of airports, schools, and government offices.
A fashion show in Burkina Faso, images from battlefields in Ukraine, the Witches and Wizards Convention in Brazil, a sandstorm in Iraq, electric-scooter racing in England, and much more
Images of Lake Mead, which has reached its lowest water levels since the 1930s
Recent images of the landscapes and inhabitants of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean