The week in pictures in Pittsburgh as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists.
Ron Connor holds a photo of his daughter Alexis, who died of a drug overdose in 2017, at the “Say Their Name” memorial, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Downtown. Connor’s grandson also died of an overdose. “You fight such battles with them, and when you lose it’s devastating,” he said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is captured in a news camera viewfinder as he speaks at a press conference on campus safety recommendations, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Jay Ross Szczypinski, front left, 10, of Greentree plays in the spray park at Mellon Park during his friend’s 11th birthday party, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Shadyside. The group of boys all started school Tuesday and the party was their last celebration of the summer. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
With a little coaxing from Sean Adams, right, Pine-Richland student Belle Foster prepares to tackle Kelsey Shebeck, not pictured, during their tailgate party before a game against IMG Academy, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Joshua Dobbs leaps into the end zone for a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, at Heinz Field. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Teachers and staff welcome Teniya’h Pack, center, back to school, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Pittsburgh Miller PreK-5 in the Hill District. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Patrick Martin, 8, of Franklin Park gets soaked in a dunk tank during the “Back to School at Monroeville Pool” event, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. The event was sponsored by the pool, Monroeville Parks & Recreation, Dad’s Pub and Grub and The Little Fox – Toby’s Foundation to raise funds for SIDS research. The Little Fox – Toby’s Foundation was created in memory of Dan and Katie Stern’s son, Toby, who died in August 2016 from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Pine-Richland junior Ty Jenkins readies “The Mob” student section before a game against IMG Academy, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Crews lift utility lines to make way for the Elliott Group’s steam turbine, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in Donora. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Steelers JuJu Smith-Schuster photo bombs the Best of the Batch players posing on the side line Thursday, August 30, 2018, at the Heinz Field, Pittsburgh. Best of the Batch is sponsored by former Steeler Charlie Batch, center in black top and shorts. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette via AP)Kosi Evangeline, 4, watches while her mother, Uche Onwugbenu, center, takes the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Heinz History Center. Onwugbenu is from Nigeria and has been in the U.S. since 1999 and Kosi was born in U.S. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mark Craighead of Central Catholic pumps his team up before taking on Cathedral Prep of Erie at the Western Pennsylvania Versus Everyone Showcase, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Wolvarena in Turtle Creek. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)From left, fifth grader Aniyah Maddox, assistant Portia Bishop, second grader Aminyah Dooley, and teacher William Scott welcome students back to school, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Pittsburgh Miller PreK-5 in the Hill District. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Ringgold head coach Mike Zmijanac says the Lord’s Prayer with his team in the locker room before they take on Chartiers Valley, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Chartiers Valley. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Tracey Fisher-Thomas listens to a belling tolling for each of the 735 people who died of an overdose in Allegheny County in 2017 during the “Say Their Name” memorial, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Downtown. Her nephew Gary Fisher Jr., who struggled to stay clean of opiates, died of an overdose in 2017. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)The sun peers through clouds and fog over the Pittsburgh skyline, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, as seen from the West End Overlook. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
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