Week in photos Jan. 17 to Jan. 23, 2020

Megan Lieberson, 13, of the Elegance Gymnastics School in Gaithersburg, Md., competes during the Steel City Invitational Rhythmic Gymnastics Meet on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at Shaler Area High School. Participants ranging from 5 to 18 year olds from across the mid-Atlantic region competed. The Pittsburgh Northstars are the only USAG team in Western Pennsylvania. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Avonworth head coach Frank Halloran reacts during a high school girl’s basketball game between Mohawk High School and Avonworth High School at Avonworth High School in Emsworth on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette)
Mohawk players react after winning a high school girl’s basketball game between Mohawk High School and Avonworth High School at Avonworth High School in Emsworth on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette)
The crescent Moon rises over the spires atop of the PPG Place towers after 7 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, in Downtown. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
A driver takes advantage of warmer, sunnier weather to scrub mud and salt from the car at Pittsburgh Pride Car Wash in the afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 in Greenfield. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Cirque du Soleil performers practice backstage for their show “OVO” at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, January 23, 2020 in Pittsburgh’s Uptown. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette via AP)
Cirque du Soleil performers practice their show “OVO” at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, January 23, 2020 in Pittsburgh’s Uptown. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette via AP)
From left, Robin Jackson, 9, Zyanna Jacobs, 8, and Lamont Maxwell-Wright, 8, third graders at Urban Pathways, watch a Cirque du Soleil practice of “OVO” at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, January 23, 2020 in Pittsburgh’s Uptown. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette via AP)
Emilija Tanner, a wardrobe assistant, works on a clown wig that is worn for Cirque du Soleil’s “OVO” at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, January 23, 2020 in Uptown. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Cirque du Soleil performers, from left, Weiliang Wu and
Dmitry Fedorovskiy practice their show “OVO” at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, January 23, 2020 in Pittsburgh’s Uptown. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette via AP)
South Park coach Garrett Del Re reacts to a call on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Charleroi High School. South Park beat Charleroi, 52-41. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
South Park’s Taylor Glowa hits Charleroi’s Bella Skobel on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Charleroi High School. South Park beat Charleroi, 52-41. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Dan Shaffer, of Manor, Pa.in Westmoreland County, cuts a large block of ice to create cabinets for a kitchen scene as part of the Ice House in Market Square, for the 6th Dollar Energy Fund’s Cool Down for Warmth, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 in Downtown. Dan is a Master Ice Carver with Mastro Gourmet Ice. The house was also constructed by Mastro. The Ice House will be on display Jan. 23rd & 24th to raise funds for people to help with their heating needs. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)
Demond Bell, left, of Vandergrift, and Debbie Dietrick, of Saltsburg, who both herself and her father worked with Apollo Police Officer Leonard C. Miller before his death, pray together after a memorial service to honor Officer Miller exactly 40 years after he was killed at age 21 on his third day working full-time for the station, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Apollo. Officer Miller was the last of four people killed by two men in what the media called the “kill for thrill” spree. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Brooke McCarthy, 16, from Upper Saint Clair, practices last-minute changes to her routine in the hallway before her audition at the Pittsburgh stop of the Youth America Grand Prix, an international ballet scholarship competition, on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at Upper Saint Clair High School. Hundreds of aspiring ballet dancers worldwide auditioned over the weekend in hopes of attending finals week in New York City, where dancers get a chance at scholarships to elite schools and companies. (Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette)