The Week in Photos July 27 – Aug. 3

The week in pictures in Pittsburgh as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists.

 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger gets a hug from daughter Baylee Marie Saturday, July 29, 2017, at Latrobe High School in Latrobe, Pa. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pirates Starling Marte slides into home plate against Reds’ Tucker Barnhart in the sixth inning Wednesday, August 2, 2017, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Pirates Starling Marte dives back to tag home plate safely against Reds’ Tucker Barnhart in the sixth inning Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.(Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
A dentist extract teeth from a patient during a free dental clinic organized by Face2Face at the A.J. Palumbo Center on Friday, July 28, 2017. (Alex Driehaus/Post-Gazette)
Welders monitor a machine at Heartland Fabrication, formerly known as Brownsville Marine, on Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Brownsville. With the decline of coal, the company will not just focus on building barges, but also fabricating other products and cutting, bending and coating metal for other customers. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)
Spit flies from the whistle of Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic head football coach Pat O’Shea during a preseason practice on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
A firefighter hoses off the street at the scene of an accident where a six-year old boy died after being struck by a dump truck Thursday, July 27, 2017, along Spring Garden Ave. in Spring Garden, Pittsburgh. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Jonathan Fenechi, 5 of San Antonio but originally of New Castle, Pa., yells “AB!” during first day of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp on Friday, July 28, 2017, at Greater Latrobe High School.(Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Amaria Brown, 4, of Highland Park, races against her dog Bitsy on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at the Highland Park dog park. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
Lambs run across a pasture on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, at Jamison Farm in Latrobe. Jamison refers to the area as “Napa Valley for sheep” because of the quality of the grass. (Alex Driehaus/Post-Gazette)
Damian Blackwell Ferguson cheers when his team scores a point at the Allegheny Middle School swimming pool for the Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Summer Dreamers Academy on Monday, July 31, 2017, in North Side.(Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)