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Added on the 12/09/2016 04:46:49 - Copyright : AFP EN
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
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
A volcano on an uninhabited island of Ecuador's famous Galapagos archipelago is spewing lava, potentially threatening an array of unique animal species, according to authorities. La Cumbre, which stands 1,463 meters (4,799 feet) high, has erupted three times previously since 2017. IMAGES
As cyclone Belal hits French island Reunion, broken tree branches litter the ground and residents hunker down in their homes under a strict lockdown in the town of Saint Gilles-les-Hauts. Belal isn't as intense of a storm as originally forecast and cyclone alert was downgraded from purple, its highest level, to red at 1pm local time to allow emergency services to intervene and assess the damage. IMAGES