The week in photos: April 19-25

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

Pirates shortstop Erik Gonzalez, left, and center fielder Starling Marte collide going for a ball hit by Giants left fielder Yangervis Solarte in the eighth inning, Friday, April 19, 2019, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
The sun rises at St. Mary’s Cemetery on Good Friday, April 19, 2019, in McKees Rocks. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Volunteer Barb Sippel, of McCandless, center, dumps applesauce into a container while listening to instructions during a Lenten fish fry on Good Friday, April 19, 2019, at St. Alphonsus in Pine. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Zionna Moorer, 7, of McKeesport, rides down the blue slide, Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Blue Slide Park in Frick Park in Squirrel Hill. Behind her are Anique Thomason, 10, and Domonique Lovett, 13, both of McKeesport. They three were visiting their grandmother, who lives nearby, for Easter dinner.
Cathy Schlott, a curator of behavioral management and education at the National Aviary, puts a beak on Joey Donovan, 9, of Shaler, who is dressing up to get a feel of being a penguin for National Penguin Day, Thursday, April 25, 2019, at the National Aviary on the North Side. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
Deacon Richard Fitzpatrick, accompanied by alter boy Wyatt Burkhart, of the North Side, blesses Easter baskets left by parishioners during Holy Saturday Mass, Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Polish Hill. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)
Shakespeare enthusiast Kathleen Dixon, of East Liberty, third from left, talks with Yvonne Hudson, of East Liberty, playing Shakespeare’s wife, during a performance for Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks’ annual celebration of Week of Will, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, outside of the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. The performance celebrates what would have been Shakespeare’s 455th birthday. “I enjoy sharing the tradition and introducing new people to Shakespeare,” says Hudson, who has played Shakespeare’s wife at this annual event for the past five years. “It’s a personal and a professional mission for myself.” (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)
Benson Wimer, 7, of Butler, picks up trash near a road used by the Rachel Carson Trail, Monday, April 22, 2019, in Fawn. Wimer was joined by his mother, Jennifer, and brother Liam, 10, for an Earth Day trail cleanup organized by North Park Trail Runners, Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy and Fleet Feet Pittsburgh. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Faris Kamal, 10, is comforted by his mother, Maliah Kamal, of Franklin Park, during an interfaith memorial service for the victims of the Sri Lanka bombings, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Heinz Memorial Chapel in Oakland. Kamal said she was moved to attend the service because her best friend from high school is a Sri Lankan Catholic who attended one of the churches that was bombed. “It’s too close to home this time,” she said. “It seems like it’s shattering our faith in humanity to see what people are doing. The onus is on us to come together now.” (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)