Photos of the Day: Novice Monks and Yenisei River

Edinburgh, Scotland

Part of Val McDermid’s Message from the Skies is projected on to Greyfriars Kirkyard. The project tells a short story on buildings and landmarks around the city
Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Members of the Cryophile winter swimming club rub themselves with snow after swimming in the Yenisei river in Siberia. The air temperature was about -38C
Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters