Icelanders are electing a new parliament after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call early elections.

Voters head to the polls in Iceland to choose a new parliament in a fragmented political landscape.

Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call early elections.

As a gargantuan plume of magma rises from the depths, tectonic forces are wrenching the island nation apart, triggering the outpouring of lava.

A lava stream from a volcanic eruption in West Iceland is brighter than the lights of the city's nearby capital, new infrared images show.