The week in photos: June 8-14

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

Gabby Gubitosi, front left, Joanne Hart, Front center, Sarah Katz, back center, and Isabella Mangretta, right, all graduating seniors from the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School, attend their graduation, Sunday, June 10, 2018, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Harrison Jones/Post-Gazette)
Yo-Yo Ma listens to two student artists, Trinity Brown and Kevaughn Organ, both with the Propel Schools, perform during a tour of Braddock with the Kennedy Center’s Arts Across America campaign at the Braddock Carnegie Library, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Braddock. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
A man, who would not provide his name, protests while Brittany Bloom and Billie Jo Thomas, both of Johnstown, kiss during 2018 PrideFest, Saturday June 9, 2018, Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)
Carlos Peterson holds a sketch he made of the Clay Way building that was his family’s last home,Thursday, May 17, 2018, in the Lower Hill District. Looming above the neighborhood in the sketch and behind Peterson are the Koppers Building and Gulf Tower. The Lower Hill District was demolished in the 1950s to make way for the Civic Arena. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Kadesha Parker, 25, of Coraopolis, dances in the rain during the last night of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Point State Park in Downtown. “It was amazing to run out there, I felt free,” Parker said. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Ringgold’s Chase Angotti reacts after beating Valley View during the PIAA Class 4A baseball championship, Thursday, June 14, 2018, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park at Penn State University in State College. Ringgold beat Valley View, 6-4. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Firefighters on the scene of a fully involved house fire at 1 Carson Ave., in Bellevue, Monday, June 11, 2018. The fire was reported at 2:51 p.m. and Avalon, Ben Avon, West View, Fairview, Seville and Stowe stations responded. The house was vacant at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Carol Johnson, 74, of Swissvale, poses for a portrait, Monday, June 11, 2018, near the intersection of Wylie Avenue and Fullerton Street in the Lower Hill District. Johnson grew up near here, on the former Sachem Way, an alley near Logan Street. In 1953, her 10-year-old sister Julia was strangled, her body left on a playground near the family’s home. (Nate Guidry/Post-Gazette)
Timothy Kellerman of Belle Vernon, who served in the Army from 2004-2009, hugs his service dog, Pilot, during Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs’ Passing of the Leash Ceremony, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Duquesne University in Uptown. The organization raises, trains and donates medical service dogs to people with disabilities, including veterans. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Attilio Marini, left, 59, of Swissvale, carries a statue of St. Anthony of Padua with Anthony Razzano, Sr., right, 42, of New Castle, and Razzano’s son, Anthony, Jr., 6, during a procession held at St. Michael Church honoring the saint, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Pitcairn. “It was very exciting,” Razzano said of carrying the statue with his son, who both come from a long familial line of Anthonys. “It’s like you’re walking out of your past and into your future.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
West Greene players bombard senior Madison Renner (bottom) after beating Williams Valley during the PIAA Class A softball championship, Thursday, June 14, 2018, at Beard Field at Penn State University in State College. West Greene beat Williams Valley, 11-7, to win the state championship. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

 

A person walks inside St. Michael Church during a celebration honoring St. Anthony of Padua, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Pitcairn. “Many people came to the church through him,” said Fr. Joseph Luisi of St. Anthony of Padua. The night included an mass in Italian, a procession with a statue of the saint through the streets and an Italian meal shared afterwards. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Intissar Elyajizi, 7, of Greenfield, looks at a globe in the library during Laylat al Qadr, one of the final nights of Ramadan, Sunday, June 10, 2018, at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh in Oakland. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)