Year in Pictures: Feature photos

Crystal Manich, stage director, helps Adelaide Boedecker, center with her costume as she and other resident artists with Pittsburgh Opera leave a photo shoot for their upcoming production of Mark Adamo’s “Little Women,” in Shadyside on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. Also attempting to keep their costumes out of the snow are Laurel Semerdjian, second from left, Claudia Rosenthal, third from left, and Corrie Stallings, right. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
From left second-graders Shailynn Mwangi, Israel “Izzy” Shomo, Jaylon Cuff and Sarah Lieber surround and photograph a dog as during an after-school photography class at Propel Schools Hazelwood on March 24, 2016. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Ken Cooper of Cranberry Township plays with the shadow with his son Kolten, 2, at the Discover the Dinosaur show in David Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, February 20, 2016. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Mia Galilea Ulloa, 3, of Gibsonia, carries a lighted candle during the procession marking the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland Dec. 12, 2016. The service drew together Hispanic Catholics and others from throughout the Pittsburgh region. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
A member of the crowd reacts to seeing Hillary Clinton following a rally at Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill on October 22, 2016. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Kim Johnson of East Liberty rests her head on the gravestone of her father, George Johnson, an army veteran who served in Vietnam, before the Memorial Day ceremony at the Cemetery of the Alleghenies, May 29, 2016. George Johnson died in 2015. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)
Billy Giles, 24, dribbles with his son Cameron “Cam,” Giles, 2, after Robert Morris University defeated Long Island University Brooklyn 74-67 in Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2016. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Ryann Heffley, 15, of Oakmont, participates into an audition at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School on Saturday, January 30, 2016. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School host Pittsburgh audition for Intensive Summer Program. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Children of age 4-5 collect Easter eggs during the 1st annual “Easter Egg Dive” at Oliver Bath House in the South Side on Saturday, March 26, 2016. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Rigby, a 4-years-old Vizsla, rests on the lap of his owner Kim Swendsen after winning the Winner’s dog and Best of Winners categories at the Western Pennsylvania Kennel Association dog show at Monroeville Convention Center on Saturday, April 2, 2016. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
People watch fireworks at the EQT Three Rivers Regatta Sunday night, August 7, 2016. This view of Downtown Pittsburgh is from the West End Overlook. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Clockwise from top, Luisa Watkins, Jessica Viehman, Chloe Stiles, Olivia Warner, and Francesca Vella play the card game “Tongues” as they wait to be announced at the St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind 53rd Medallion Ball at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
An ecstatic Kevin Bonal of Paris, France, rolled on the floor of Consol Arena after the Penguins scored their second goal against San Jose in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Bonal celebrated his 30th birthday by traveling to Pittsburgh to attend the game, but he’d have to wait for the Pens to claim the cup. They dropped game five, then won the championship in San Jose in Game 6. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

 

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