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Mount Nyiragongo

An active volcano above Goma whose crater holds one of the largest lava lakes on Earth, climbed overnight to the rim.

US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03
Photo: MONUSCO / Neil Wetmore · CC BY-SA 2.0
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2 days

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An active volcano above Goma whose crater holds one of the largest lava lakes on Earth, climbed overnight to the rim.

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