From the “super blood wolf moon” to sledding in Squirrel Hill, here’s the week in pictures in Pittsburgh as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists.
The Caisson Platoon carrying Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin’s casket proceeds to the burial site during the Beaver County airman’s service at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, in Arlington, Va. Elchin and two other servicemen were killed after their vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan Nov. 27. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Dawna Bogolea Elchin Duez, Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin’s mother, is comforted by Sandy Bogolea, his maternal grandmother, as she holds the flag she was given during her son’s burial service at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, in Arlington, Va. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A rare lunar eclipse, known as a “super blood wolf moon” is seen, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, in Beaver. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Attendees including Cheryl Hurt, center, of Clairton hold up signs referring to community members’ desire to temporarily halt production at Clairton Coke Works during a community meeting to discuss air quality problems caused by a Dec. 24 fire, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, at Clairton City Hall in Clairton. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Salah Mwaliya, 10, watches his breath in the cold morning air as he waits at the bus stop to go to school in Lawrenceville, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at the Northview Heights public housing complex on the North Side. “I always tell them, I didn’t finish school,” said Salah’s mother, Majuma Mkomwa, a Somali Bantu refugee who dreams of her children having the quality education she did not receive. “I tell them when you go to school, no playing around, just focus what your teacher’s telling you and what you’re supposed to do.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Children carry their sleds back up the hill while sledding in Frick Park, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Zetra Goodlow, 21, of Penn Hills dances with a burnt pizza she said she wants “to feed to Trump,” during the Women’s March on Washington-Pittsburgh, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, on Fifth Avenue in Downtown. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Linc Ensley, 7, left, is lifted up by his aunt Cathy Turner, both of Turtle Creek as he stretches his neck out to kiss a photo of his cousin Jerame Turner, who was shot and killed in 2017, during Woodland Hills’ MLK Weekend Stand Against Violence Basketball Showcase, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Woodland Hills Jr./Sr. High School. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Lincoln Park’s starters are announced before a game against Aliquippa, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Barges are attached to the Grant Wesley Murray towboat, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, on the Ohio River. Twelve barges loaded with coal broke loose somewhere near the South Side early Monday morning and temporarily closed several major bridges that cross the Monongahela and Ohio rivers. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Salvatore Proviano Jr. wheels his grandson Salvatore Proviano IV, 2, across Middle Road in a toy Jeep, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, in Indiana Township. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Duke forward Zion Williamson blocks a shot by Pitt guard Xavier Johnson in the first half, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, at the Petersen Events Center. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Clairton City Council member Denise Johnson-Clemmons of Clairton reacts as Melanie Meade of Clairton claims the city representatives were partially at fault for what Meade believes to be an inadequate response to pollution during a meeting about U.S. Steel’s response to a fire at Clairton Coke Works, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at the Community Economic Development Corporation Center in Clairton. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Musician Fly Revolutionary Hustler of Garfield asks the audience to raise their hands in the air at the end of his rap performance titled “Complicated” during the tenth annual East Liberty MLK Day celebration, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
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