In this interactive, explore the main features of Nyiragongo and learn what risks it poses to the 500,000 people who live in its shadow. To launch the interactive, click on the image at left.— ...

Residents pick up remains of their destroyed homes from the smouldering lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 23 ...

Some volcanoes threatened populations with torrents of searing lava, as the African volcano Nyiragongo did in January ... click on the image at left.—Susan K. Lewis ...