The week in pictures in Pittsburgh as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists.
Kahlil Darden, 17, of Penn Hills receives a hug from Michelle Kenney, Antwon Rose II’s mother, as she reacts while listening to Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in East Liberty. Trayvon Martin, 17, was shot and killed in Florida in 2012, giving rise to the Black Lives Matter movement. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Three-week-old Andrew Carr is moved into his new room by staff at the West Penn Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Bloomfield. Andrew and his twin brother, Seth, were born to Justin and Kelly Carr of Greensburg on Christmas Eve at 27 weeks. West Penn officially opened the new section of the NICU and moved 11 patients to the new wing today. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Azzie Todd of Rankin, left, listens to her son Jared as he explains how he built a character from the anime “Dragonball Z” in the “Minecraft” video game, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at Hawkins Village in Rankin. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Katsuko Shellhammer of Vandergrift, a volunteer from the Japan-American Society of Pittsburgh, helps student Asako Hirata of Hiroshima put on a kimono before participating in a traditional Japanese coming-of-age ceremony, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Nicole Beck of Upper St. Clair carries her son, Jackson, 2, as dad Bobby Beck adjusts Jackson’s hospital bed, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Children’s Home of Pittsburgh and Lemieux Family Center in Bloomfield. Jackson was rushed to the hospital in the fall when he began to lose mobility of his limbs following what seemed like a common cold. He was later diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like illness that several children in the Pittsburgh region contracted last fall. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Pitt guard Khameron Davis celebrates after his team’s win over Florida State, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at the Petersen Events Center. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)From left, Martin Schmotzer, Olivia Benson, Pam Iovino and Bob Solomon are posed a question by moderator and KDKA personality Jon Delano during the 37th Democratic Senatorial District debate, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at Moon Area High School. The debate is ahead of the April special election for Guy Reschenthaler’s vacant state Senate seat. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Samantha Ankrom and her son, Owen, 2, of Mt. Lebanon, react as model trains zoom by their heads during Locomotion Weekend, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Shore. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Lt. Gov. John Fetterman looks on as his children August, 4, Karl, 9, and Grace, 7, play on the balcony off of his new office in the state Capitol building before his swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Harrisburg. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, center, jokes with Gov. Tom Wolf, right, with his son Karl, 9, left, and wife Gisele, before Fetterman’s swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, outside of his office in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Alexey Sysoev of Russia, left, balances on fellow Russian performer Vitally Alekseev’s hands as they train backstage before Cirque Du Soleil’s Pittsburgh premiere of “Corteo,” Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Upper St. Clair’s student section, dressed in beach attire, cheer as Chris Pantelis is announced before a basketball game against Mt. Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Upper St. Clair High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Jared Todd of Rankin walks through the Hawkins Village housing complex on his way home after school, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Rankin. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Rick Miller of Cranberry, the Living Lincoln, takes a break from skating during Pittsburgh’s 32nd Annual Mascot Skate event, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at Schenley Skating Rink in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Zariyah Johnson, 7, and her brother Zyon, 5, do homework together as their mother, Bridgette, who is a single mom raising four children, cleans the kitchen, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at their home in Perry North. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)From left, Allderdice students Marina Godley-Fisher, Emily Pressman and Isabel Smith, all of Squirrel Hill, comfort each other as they attend an interfaith vigil to end gun violence and in remembrance of fellow Allderdice student, Jonathan Freeman, 16, who was shot and killed Wednesday night, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Church of the Holy Cross Episcopal in Homewood. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
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