The week in pictures in Pittsburgh as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists.
Tow truck driver Ryan Metadden, 33, of Ingram pushes a car that flipped when its driver tried to avoid another vehicle that slipped sideways as he drove on Glenbury Street in the snow, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in Overbrook. “It was weird because my leg was stuck below the steering wheel, but it was above me,” said Coleman Connelly of Brookline, who called for help while upside down and escaped uninjured. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Pitt guard Au’Diese Toney celebrates after a dunk against NC State in the first half, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at the Petersen Events Center. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Judge John Colilla of Columbus, Ohio, examines the neck of Raising Kane, a Persian owned by Jackie Bates of Toledo, Ohio, during Steel City Kitties cat show, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at the Monroeville Convention Center. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)Dashaun Hodge of Garfield walks home with a bouquet of flowers and large stuffed teddy bear for his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, Thursday Feb. 14, 2019, in Garfield. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Stephen Wood, right, dances with others at the Night to Shine event, a prom for people with special needs sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at The Bible Chapel in McMurray. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The Rev. Michael Decewicz performs the Sacrament of the Anointing of Sick on the heads of Sarah Ryan, 20, of the South Side, and her newborn son, Blaise Ryan, 4 weeks, as they attend the Mass for Healing from Addiction, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland. Sarah, now in recovery and living with her baby in a treatment facility in the South Side, jumped at the chance for her and her child to be anointed in this special rite for people in recovery or struggling with addiction. “I didn’t know these things existed,” said Sarah, who attended with women from the facility and her mother and brother. Rev. Decewicz, in recovery from alcohol abuse himself, will lead the new addiction recovery ministry within the Diocese of Pittsburgh. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Regina Ranelli of Monroeville lifts her hands in song as seen through a window reflecting prayer candles at the Mass for Healing from Addiction, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland. “I think addiction touches so many more families and individuals than we ever could realize,” she said. “There is healing and there is renewal in the love of Christ and in support of loved ones that want us to be delivered.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)From left, Clara Frantz, 5, of Monroeville; her father, John Frantz; Nathan Machesky of Greensburg, Sydney Eathorne, 4, of Monroeville; Ryan Mitchell of Plum and his daughter Adaliena Mitchell, 4, play with balloons during the dance portion of the daddy-daughter Valentine tea and dance party, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at Sugar Plum Parties in Monroeville. The party included fingernail painting, princess dress up, dancing, pizza, tea and cookies. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Banjo Club players Mary Shea and Carol Palmer talk and laugh in between songs while performing in the club’s first rehearsal since its founder Frank Rossi died, Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at the Elks Lodge in East Allegheny. Rossi died on Tuesday at 83. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Kimora Gore, 5, of Munhall jumps up and down as she continues to look at the holiday pastries after her dad, Jamar Taylor of Munhall, gives her a doughnut on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at Paddy Cake Bakery in Bloomfield. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Bryson Ackermann, 6, joins a post-game victory ritual with members of the Pine-Richland boys’ basketball team, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, at Montour High School in McKees Rocks. Bryson, whose father, Jeff, is the team’s coach, is recovering from acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like illness he contracted in mid-October. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
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