TOPSHOT - Billowing smoke and flowing lava are seen in this Icelandic Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management , January 14, 2024, handout image during an volcanic eruption on the outskirts of the evacuated town of Grindavik, western Iceland.  Seismic activity had intensified overnight and residents of Grindavik were evacuated, Icelandic public broadcaster RUV reported.  This is Iceland's fifth volcanic eruption in two years, the previous one occurring on December 18, 2023 in the same region southwest of the capital Reykjavik.  Iceland is home to 33 active volcano systems, the highest number in Europe.  (Photo by Icelandic Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management  /  AFP)

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