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Helicopter flight over Piton de la Fournaise, erupting for the first time this year. Reunion island's volcano is one of the most active in the world, it has awakened about twenty times in the last ten years. IMAGES
Galapagos's La Cumbre volcano erupts on the inhabited Fernandina Island. IMAGES
A volcano on a small, Japanese island erupted on Friday morning, sending plumes of smoke billowing thousands of metres into the sky and forcing residents to evacuate.Mount Shindake erupted at 9:59 on Friday morning on Kuchinoerabu Island, a small island in southern Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture.After the volcano erupted and spewed a tower of black clouds into the sky, the Japan Meteorology Agency raised the volcano alert level from three to five. The clouds prompted Japanese authorities to evacuate the approximately 140 residents of the island by ferry.A pyroclastic flow of heated gas and rocks flowed down the side of Mt. Shindake following the eruption and made its way down to the ocean.No injuries were reported despite the suddenness of the eruption.
Mount Marapi in western Indonesia erupts, spewing an ash cloud more than a mile into the sky as authorities warn residents over potential dangers from cold lava flows. IMAGES
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic mascots, known as the Phryges, arrive in the commune of Le Port on the French island of Reunion, one month before the Olympic torch relay also crosses the ocean from mainland France. IMAGES
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