Photos of the Day: Lava and Vladimir Putin

Vatican City

New recruits to the Pontifical Swiss Guard prepare to be sworn in during a ceremony that takes place every year on 6 May, commemorating the soldiers who died defending Pope Clement VII in 1527 during the sack of Rome
Photograph: Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis/Getty Images

Lemoore, California

Mick Fanning of Australia wipes out during the qualifiers for the final of the WSL Founders’ Cup of Surfing at the Kelly Slater surf ranch. The two-day event brings 25 of the world’s leading surfers to compete on a wave pool 100 miles (160km) inland from the Pacific Ocean
Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images