The week in photos: Feb. 11-16

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

 

Taleia Daniels (center) and Isaiah Bunn, 10, joined about 40 people who stood in the rain to mark the death of Mark Daniels during a candle light vigil on Thursday, Feb. 15, on Bennett Street in Homewood. Mark Daniels, 39, died after exchanging gunfire with police on Bennett Street early Sunday morning. Taleia Daniels is cousin to Mark Daniels and Isiah is cousin to the victim. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
From left: JoAnna Schmidt, Jessica McCann, Danielle Downey and Gabrielle Thurlow dance in the dress rehearsal for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s performance of Swan Lake Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at the Benedum Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. The ballet opens Friday, Feb. 16, and runs through Feb. 25. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)

 

 

Pitt’s Shamiel Stevenson, bottom, and Peace Ilegomah, upper left, go for a rebound against Louisville’s Malik Williams, middle, and Ray Spalding in the first half of the Panther’s 94-60 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
John Cabon, center, 63, of Swissvale, prays during a Mass of Remembrance and Healing for those affected by drug addiction on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland. “I have a big family,” Cabon said, “Addiction is in my family. I pray for them all and everyone who needs it throughout the world.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf congratulates Mayor Bill Peduto after an announcement of the city’s exit from Act 47 on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, Downtown. The Act 47 designation guided Pittsburgh back from the brink of bankruptcy. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Delia Samson, a student volunteer from Chatham University, dances with “Lady” Ann DeSimone of Carrick during a Mardi Gras ball on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, at Little Sisters of the Poor in Brighton Heights. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Ivanka Trump enters the Potomac Mineral Group offices for a roundtable discussion with small business owners from the Pittsburgh area on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Mt. Lebanon. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
Ottawa’s Mike Hoffman trips Bryan Rust in the second period of Pittsburgh’s 6-3 win on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.  (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Junior Dowe, 11, stares at his smartphone during the fourth annual Northside Mardi Gras party on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at the Allegheny Elks Lodge on the North Side. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, center, and University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher laugh with Bloomfield Citizens Council head Janet Cercone Scullion after a press conference to announce the creation of the UPMC Immune Transplant and Therapy Center on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 in Bloomfield. The multi-million dollar center will be located in a massive brick and stone building on Baum Boulevard where Model T Fords were once assembled. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
College students Pawel Morysewicz, of Shadyside, and Diana Sokol, of Rostraver, hold hands during Morysewicz’s shift as a barista at a small coffee kiosk Downtown on Valentines Day, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. The couple met four months ago on Halloween night. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
The Rev. Jessica McClure Archer, of Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church, makes the sign of the cross on the forehead of Mike Zozom, of Dravosburg, in the parking lot at Faith Lutheran Church for the “Ash and Dash Drive Through” Ash Wednesday Services on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, on Lincoln Way in White Oak. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Antonio Moffa, 6 of Pitcairn, dances during a visit by Pumper, the heart-shaped mascot of Second Chance Fundraising, during National Donor Day on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in Lawrenceville. Craig Smith (not pictured), a heart transplant recipient, delivered superhero capes and cards to children currently on the organ transplant waiting list or recovering from a recent transplant. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
A SWAT team surrounds a house along Alford Way on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Stanton Heights. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)