The week in pictures[of volcanoes]

"An aerial view of Mount Karthala volcano, taken in April 2005 at the Grand Comore, Comoros' largest island. Nearly 120,000 people on the main island of the Comoros archipelago have been left without safe drinking water after November's eruption of the Mount Karthala volcano, an official said."



"A view of Popocatepetl volcano, Dec. 1, 2005, as it sent a plume of ash of five kilometers (three miles) into the sky. Popocatepetl, a volcano one hour southeast of Mexico's capital, kept up its pattern of erupting in December, which it has done for ten years."


"In this photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, 44 acres of lava shelf is seen falling into the ocean on Nov. 28, 2005, exposing a 60-foot cliff and a 6-foot-diameter stream of lava shooting from the cliff face."

"A finger of surface lava is seen in this aerial photo taken on Dec. 5, 2005, in Hawaii Volcano National Park, near the area where 40 acres of lava shelf collapsed into the sea. A steady flow of lava is rebuilding the same area.


"The Ambae island's Manaro volcano [in Vanuatu], which has shot steam, gas and ash up to 1,500 meters into the air for more than a week, is seen in this image made from television on Dec. 7, 2005."