Best Post-Gazette Photography of 2017

MLB umpire John Tumpane consoles a woman who attempted to jump from the Roberto Clemente Bridge on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 along the Allegheny River downtown. Tumpane, who was walking back to PNC Park from a lunch break before preparing for tonight’s Pirates game, saw the woman lift herself over the railing. He said he held her and mouthed to other pedestrians to call 911. He attempted to buy her lunch and “talk about it.” “She said, ‘I just want to end it right now. I’ll be in a better place,'” Tumpane said while waiting for emergency personnel. “She was like ‘They don’t want to help me. You know they don’t want to help.’ I said, ‘No, they want to help you. We all want to help you. Look at all these people here that care about you.'” The woman was taken by ambulance off the bridge. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Sgt. 1st Class Brian Karst, of the United States Army Parachute Team Golden Knights and of Vancouver, Washington, protects his head as he leaps out of an airplane during the Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland County Airshow on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Sunlight shines on a patron eating inside Wiener World on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 along Strawberry Way downtown. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

The sun rises over West Allegheny’s defending Class 5A WPIAL champion defense as they work out at 7 a.m. during a preseason practice on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at West Allegheny High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

EQT Flashes of Freedom Fireworks shoot over Pittsburgh’s confluence on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 as seen from the West End Bridge. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

Brides from left Jean Rosfeld, 87, Barbara Murawski, and Patricia Phoebe, foreground, 89, wait to process into the marriage vow renewal ceremony held in honor of Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at Asbury Heights senior living community in Mt. Lebanon. Ten couples, including one couple married for 77 years, renewed their vows Tuesday. “Marriage doesn’t work unless God is in the mix. You can’t fail with him,” says Barbara Murawski. She married Carl Murawski in 1954. “He’s still the greatest,” Barbara says after 62 years of marriage. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

A protester is pulled out of the crowd as President Donald Trump speaks to crowd during the “Make America Great Again” rally Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Volunteers with the American Cancer Society hold up lights in tribute to those affected by cancer as the PPG Plaza Tree is lit during the Comcast Light Up Night Friday, November 17, 2017, in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Kelly Gibson of Lawrenceville reacts as she listens to a speaker during the Not One More vigil and recovery celebration Friday, September 22, 2017 at Arsenal Park in Lawrenceville. “It’s hard. I was just crying and sad,” said Gibson, who lost three cousins to heroin overdoses. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Family and friends reach out to touch a dove after a memorial service for Dakota James, a Duquesne University graduate student on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Calvary United Methodist Church on the North Side. Dakota James went missing on January 25, and was found dead in the Ohio River in Robinson on March 6. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

“The King,” Del Douglas, gets ready to slam his opponent during a Keystone State Wrestling Alliance bout at Millvale Days on Saturday, September 16, 2017, in Millvale. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Emmanuel Hilton, 19, arrives at the contemporary worship band rehearsal Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at the Chippewa United Methodist Church in Chippewa, Beaver County. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Officer Antoine Cain stands with Thomas Alexander outside Alexander’s home after he found Timothy Buehl dead from an apparent heroin overdose on Friday, May 5, 2017 in Brookline. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

Emile Blackman, gets comforted by teammates Nakye Sanders, center, and Mike Lewis II, after Duquesne loses to St. Louis 72-70 during the first round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown, Pittsburgh. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

David Wallace of Forest Hills waves to supporters while rallying at “Tuesdays with Toomey” rally at Station Square on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette )

Duquesne Incline cable cars are framed by snow on Friday, Mar. 10, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette )

Rhode Island Jared Terrell, left, celebrates with Jarvis Garrett after defeating VCU 70-63 to win the Atlantic 10 Championship Final at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday, Mar. 12, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Bridget Grejda of Dormont gives advice to her daughter Kayle Wasky, 19, a senior at Keystone Oaks High School while choosing her prom dress at the National Council of Jewish Women Thriftique shop in Lawrenceville on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The Project Prom Giveaway assures local students to have the opportunity to go to their prom affordably. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Whitewater adventurers raft on the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle State Park Wednesday, August 30, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, bottom, and his teammates, help Jeremy Franklin, 8, of Highland Park to climb the obstacle wall drill at the Mel Blount Youth Leadership Initiative on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 in Claysville, Pa. The Pitt football teamÕs 2017 newcomers hosted a fitness and football clinic for kids at the camp. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Theresia Brandl, 105, a resident of Oakdale, shares a laugh with her great granddaughter Justine Reyes, 41, after receiving her Sto-Rox High School diploma on Wednesday May 17, 2017. Brandl attended Stowe Township High School, but left before she graduated in order to help take care of her family. The Twilight Wish Foundation helped to make Brandl’s wish come true. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Actor Joel Grey, 85, prepares to perform at “An Evening With Joel Grey” for the Jewish Association the Joy of Aging event at Senator John Heinz History Center on Monday May 15, 2017 (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

Abby Cartus, left, a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh and Douglas Ward, a United Steel worker, chant slogans outside Senator Pat Toomey’s office while the “Grinch” listens on Wednesday, December 06, 2017 Downtown. Members of the USW Graduate Student Organizing Committee and their fellow University of Pittsburgh students delivered letters to Senator Pat Toomey, urging him to keep anti-education provisions passed by the House of Representatives out of the final version of the tax bill. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)

From left to right, Colleen Fadely, 26, of Moon, looks through binoculars as she watches the Thunderbirds fly in the “Wings over Pittsburgh” air show with her cousin Nicole Cunard, 35, of Glenfield, and Cunard’s children Calley, 2, Shayna, 12, and Tyler, 7, and their new friend Gage Simons, 5, of Burgettstown on Sunday, May 14, 2017 in Moon. Cunard said she wanted to take her son, Tyler, to the show because he wants to be a pilot when he grows up. Tyler says he would like to be a pilot because, “One: I have weapons. Two: I can fly.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Justin Sevacko, Jr., 2, of Imperial, stands with his aunt’s 6-week-old puppy, Ace, as they hang out on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in McKees Rocks. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Officer Jake Alex inspects confiscated stamp bags as he does paperwork at the end of his shift on Aug. 17, 2017 at the Mt. Oliver Police Department. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

Girls sing Frozen’s “Let it Go” as they drive around in a pink stretch limo during Sweet and Sassy’s lights and limo event in Bethel Park on Dec. 29, 2016. Pictured left to right are Mackenzie Downey, 5, of McCandless, Lyla Ostrowski, 8, Alyssa Lips, 7, and Julia Tengowski, 7, all of Peters Township, and Bella Trout, 9, of McCandless. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

The Pittsburgh skyline highlights the low layer of clouds as the crescent Moon peers through the gap on Monday, October 16, 2017 in Pittsburgh. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

Smoke rises from the low end of huge pile of mulch, backlighting the firefighters on September 13, 2017 in North Fayette. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)

Pitt quarterback Max Browne’s helmet flies off after getting sacked in the second half during the Pitt-Penn State game on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 at Beaver Stadium. Penn State defeated Pitt 33-14. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)

From left to right: Drew Stultz, also known as “Spudz,” of Anchorage, Alaska, a german shepard, Erin Hildebrandt, also known as “Lykaios,” of Frankfort, Ky., a husky, and Rob Baird, also known as “Kodaly,” a corgie, look out the window of the Westin Convention Center on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Anthrocon 2017 runs until Sunday, July 2, and has all types of people dressed in a variety of costumes, also known as furries. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)

Justine Dean (6) holds the trophy in the air as her teammates rush towards her after winning the 2017 PIAA 3A state championship at Beard Field on Friday, June 16, 2017. South Park High School defeated Pine Grove 4-2. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)

Irene Morar grips the back of Michael Kopera’s, of Evan City, leather vest while riding on a motorcycle on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at the Lutheran Senior Life Passavant Community in Zelienople. Caretakers at the Lutheran Senior Life Passavant Community wanted to fulfill Alvin Graf’s, 98 years old, wish of riding a motorcycle after not having ridden one since WWII. The American Legion Riders offered their help and came out to not only grant Graf’s wish, but also other senior residents who got the opportunity to go out on a joyride. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)

World War II veteran Richard Gardner, served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946, shakes hands and receives a personalized military dog tag during the World War II Veteran Recognition ceremony hosted by Soldiers and Sailors in partnership with the Veterans Breakfast Club on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette).

Pittsburgh Steelers Alejandro Villanueva stands near the tunnel during the National Anthem on Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Soldier Field in Chicago. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Steelers T.J. Watt celebrates after he sacks the Giants Josh Johnson for the second time in the first half August 11, 2017, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)

Children watch batting practice as the Pirates prepare to take on the Braves Saturday, April 8, 2017, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli hits the dirt on an inside pitch from Braves Mike Foltynewiz in the third inning Friday, April 7, 2017, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

Several hundred people gathered in the Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church Friday Dec. 15, 2017, for the first of two Christmas laser light shows. George Dodsworth, a member of the church and president of Lightwave International, created the laser show. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Juana’s three-year-old daughter wipes her mother’s tears on July 20, 2017, as Juana’s describes her ordeal since arriving from Nicaragua. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

The Most Reverend Sakya Tri-Tue, president of the Vietnamese Buddhist Association, blessed the temple during the dedication of a new Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in the former Methodist church building Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, in Dormont. This is the opening of a temple that has been at least a couple of years in the making, including a makeover of the old church into a temple. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Santa, portrayed by a member of the University of Pittsburgh Imagination Project, holds 21-day-old Bentley Sakel of Beallsville on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, at the The ChildrenÕs Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation and Pitt Vets Team Up to Donate ÒA Bus FullÓ of Christmas Gifts to The ChildrenÕs Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Newlyweds Jeimy Sanchez-Ruiz and Pedro celebrates with family members during their reception on April 7, 2017 in Brookline.

Nate Scott of the North Side cleans the main chandelier inside the Benedum Center on August, 16, 2017 Downtown. The main chandelier is the signature piece at the Benedum Center. Positioned in the center of auditorium, it weighs 4,700 pounds, is 20 feet high and 12 feet wide and decorated with 500,000 crystals. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Iconic jazz guitarist Joe Negri poses for a portrait on stage at Duquesne University. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh battalion fire chief Gregory Lowman cools down after battling a two-alarm blaze on the North Side Monday, June 12, 2017. The fire began on the roof of the three-story building and spread to the top floor. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

Family members react to the news of a double homicide in Larimer on July 18, 2017. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)

A few blocks from his McKees Rocks home, Steve Kelley waits for a bus that will take him to his night job at Gateway Center in Downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Terry Fisher lights a cigarette on the second floor of his home on the 100 block of Santron Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Opiates warped the lives of all who spent time on this small section of street in the year 2017. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Tom Whyel, an overnight worker for the Port Authority of Allegheny County, replaces burnt bulbs at a port authority parking lot in Wilkinsburg on Monday, April 3, 2017. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Shaoda Chen, 69, relaxes at the Oliver Bath House at the corner of 10th and Bingham streets on Pittsburgh’s South Side on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The bath house was dedicated in 1914 and is the city’s oldest public swimming pool. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)

Lorin Shields lays in the crib with his 4-month-old son, Lorin Jr., at their Allegheny Dwellings apartment on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 in Fineview. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)

Fall colors burst forth from the hills of North Park on either side of North Ridge Drive on Thursday, Nov 9, 2017 in McCandless. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)

Highlands’ Jermaine Jett (22) takes down Mars’ Tom Sheehy (13) on Friday, Sept 22, 2017 at Mars Area High School in Mars. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)

Noah Snyder, 5, from Monroeville, right, and his brother, Bryce, 8, fish at dusk on Thursday, Sept 21, 2017 at Keystone State Park in Derry Township. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)

Violet Wright, left, holds her best friend, Hannah Fetter, to her side during a speech at the Women’s March at Market Square downtown on Saturday, Jan 21, 2017. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)

Johnny Spell Sr. shaves his son’s face in the locker room before his boxing match at the Western Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Championships on April 1, 2017 at the 3 Lakes Golf Course in Penn Hills. Fighters are not allowed to have facial hair because it can lead to cuts near the eyes. Johnny Spell III lost by decision to Danny Bodish of Steel City Boxing, a result that few expected from the matchup. (Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette)

Robert Morris University’s Anna Niki Stamolamprou gets a hug from assistant coach Kim Dweck after leaving the game late in the fourth quarter of their first round game in the NCAA Women’s basketball tournament Friday, March 17, 2017 at Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame. Head coach Charlie Buscaglia keeps tabs on the game on right. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Phantom, a miniature pig soaks up the attention during the third annual Pittsburgh VegFest at Allegheny Commons on the North Side on Saturday, August 5, 2017. Phantom was a representative of the Pittsburgh Squealers and Belly Brothers Pig Rescue at the event. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Gianna Baldonieri, 3, from Brookline and Spencer Dolan, 3, from Churchill run together along North Shore Drive during the 1st annual Lil’ Yinzer fun run to “celebrate the ‘Burgh” and raise funds for homeless services for Light of Life Mission on Saturday, August 19, 2017 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Leila McClain from Canonsburg embraces Therese Rocco from Brookline while her son, Sam, from Orlando, Fla. waits in the living room at Rocco’s Brookline home on Friday, April 28, 2017. Therese Rocco, who was a captain with the Pittsburgh Police department helped Leila McClain find her two children after her husband took them to Seattle in 1969. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

Shawn Eigenbrode, paramedic crew chief for City of Pittsburgh EMS attempts to lasso a four-point buck that jumped into the Highland Park Reservoir while Patrick Corcoran, with Pittsburgh Animal Control steadies the boat Thursday, October 12, 2017 in Highland Park. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)

People in the audience at the Sen. Bob Casey town hall held in Alumni Hall at the University of Pittsburgh hold up their “agree” cards after the senator made the statement that the country needs to “elect good candidates” on Sunday, Apr. 9, 2017. On the back of the card is the word “disagree” for those with differing opinions. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)

J.D. Whitewolf of the North Hills carries the collaborative painting he started with his daughter Madeleine, 12, to the be auctioned on Sunday, April 30, 2017. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette.

Actor and director Michael Keaton glances upward as he is given the hood for his honorary doctorate at the Carnegie Mellon University commencement ceremony in Pittsburgh on May 21, 2017. Keaton received a Doctor of Fine Arts degree. (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)

Jacob Chemtai of Kenya breaks the tape at the finish line of the 2017 Pittsburgh Marathon, May 7, 2017 (Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette)

Storm clouds roll over a farm in Muddy Creek Twp. on July 10, 2017. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Canada geese float on the Ohio River under a train bridge on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Bridgewater, Pa. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)