The week in pictures in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists. Check back regularly as we update from across our region throughout the week.
Firefighters pour water onto a burning building at 11th and E. Carson Streets on the South Side on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Fire officials say no one was injured in the fire, which started shortly before 3 p.m. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mia Mannion, 3, of Stanton Heights, center, hands out a medal to runners finishing the 16th annual Frigid 5 Miler race in North Park, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Allison Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Veterans sit for an observation period after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Butler VA Health Care System walk-in vaccine clinic for eligible veterans, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Butler. The facility vaccinated 700 veterans in under five hours. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People stand on a hillside above the Dooker’s Hollow Bridge in North Braddock and East Pittsburgh before it is imploded on Saturday, February 13, 2021, as seen from a hillside in North Versailles. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Dooker’s Hollow Bridge, which connects North Braddock and East Pittsburgh, is imploded Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in East Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) SCREENGRAB FROM VIDEOThe Dooker’s Hollow Bridge, which connects North Braddock and East Pittsburgh, is imploded Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in East Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) SCREENGRAB FROM VIDEORobert Morris guard Cameron Wilbon reaches for the ball around Oakland guard Jalen Moore in the first half at UPMC Events Center Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Moon Township. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Robert Morris forward Charles Bain fights for a loose ball against Oakland forward Trey Townsend in the second half at UPMC Events Center Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Moon Township. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Waynesburg High wrestling coach Joe Throckmorton celebrates after winning the AAA Team Championship Friday, Feb. 13, 2021, at Canon-McMillan High School in Canonsburg. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Burrells wrestling team celebrates after beating Burgettstown to win the AA Team Championship Friday, Feb. 13, 2021, at Canon-McMillan High School in Canonsburg. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Waynesburg Joe Simon wrestles Seneca Valley Tyler Chappell Friday, Feb. 13, 2021, during the WPIAL AAA Team Championships at Canon-McMillan High School in Canonsburg. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley’s Brayden Reynolds tries to work around New Castle’s Michael Graham at New Castle Junior/Senior High School, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in New Castle. Reynolds finished with 42 points. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Tina Gaser teaches one of her freshman biology classes on Friday, February 12, 2021, at Baldwin High School. Ms. Gaser teaches students who are in the classroom as well as those who are at home at the same time using technology like two computer monitors, an iPad, and a Meeting Owl, which captures 360° video and audio of the classroom. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Donté Lane, Jr., 8, a Fulton Elementary School third grader, navigates his virtual learning environment on Friday, January 29, 2021, at Estelle S. Campbell Boys & Girls Club in Lawrenceville. The Boys and Girls Club location is one of 60 of Allegheny County’s “Learning Hubs” that offers Pittsburgh Public Schools students a place to go to access internet, learn, and play during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley’s Brayden Reynolds drives to the basket next to New Castle’s Michael Wells at New Castle Junior/Senior High School, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in New Castle. Reynolds finished with 42 points. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)The Chartiers Valley bench celebrates a basket against New Castle at New Castle Junior/Senior High School, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in New Castle. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley’s Socrates Boulis and Anthony Collura congratulate Brayden Reynolds after he hit a 3-point shot to end the first half against New Castle at New Castle Junior/Senior High School, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in New Castle. Reynolds finished with 42 points. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman speaks during a press conference to discuss the results of a study on the system regarding life without parole for second-degree murder in Pennsylvania on Friday, February 12, 2021, at the City County Building Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Ice on the Allegheny River near Foxburg on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Clarion County. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A flock of birds under the Emlenton Bridge, just south of Emlenton, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Clarion County. The bridge carries I-80 over the Allegheny River. The Bridge is the highest road bridge in Pennsylvania. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Sandy Thorpe, of Smock, a retired Uniontown Hospital healthcare worker, gives the COVID-19 vaccine to Tammy DiDominic, as her daughter Haleigh Sommers, center, both of Brownsville, looks on at a clinic run by Fayette County in cooperation with Uniontown Hospital, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at Uniontown Mall in Uniontown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A cyclist rides along Exchange Way at the intersection of Garrison Place on Monday, February 8, 2021, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Chris Tooker, left, human resources manager for the Veterans Leadership Program, and Troy Shullick, an intern for the Veterans leadership Program, load boxes of food into vehicles during the Veterans Leadership Program’s monthly food distribution Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in the Strip District. More than 100 veterans and military families received fresh produce, shelf-stable goods and frozen fish during the distribution. (Post-Gazette)Gene Miley shovels snow in front of his ex-wife’s business, Soggy Doggy Pet Salon, on Third St. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Beaver. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A mail carrier comes down a snowy street in Garfield, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post
Sue Cable, of Beaver, walks along a snowy Third St. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Beaver. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Firefighters respond to a fire at 420 Knox Avenue in Allentown on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. A male resident was found deceased on the second floor. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Emmanuel Panagiotakis shovels snow in front of his fine art photography gallery on Third St. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Beaver. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Firefighters respond to a fire at 420 Knox Avenue in Allentown on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. A male resident was found deceased on the second floor. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Crews work to take down a building at 1100 E. Carson Street, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Desiree Alvarez, a Hazelwood resident and cook at Light of Life Rescue Mission, serves pizza from Caliente Pizza and Drafthouse, on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at Light of Life Rescue Mission on the North Shore. Caliente Pizza delivered 30 pizzas to Light of Life Rescue Mission as part of a national “slice out hunger” movement, where independent pizzerias across the country donate food to shelters and soup kitchens to celebrate National Pizza Day. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The scene of a building fire at 1100 E. Carson Street on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, on the South Side. A fire Monday afternoon caused the partial collapse of the 160-year-old building on the South Side. City officials say the other half of the building will have to come down, too. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Brenda Graham, of Squirrel Hill, remove snow from the steps of a home on Melvin Street Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Squirrel Hill. Mrs. Graham is a volunteer Snow Angel. She shovels four neighbors’ sidewalks. The City of Pittsburgh’s Snow Angels Program pairs older residents and residents with disabilities with nearby neighbors who volunteer to assist them with snow removal on their sidewalks and walkways. “I’m retired and every time it snows, I come out to remove snow,” said Mrs. Graham. “It’s great exercise and who doesn’t like fresh snow.” (Post-Gazette)Franklin Regional’s Caden Smith pulls down a rebound against McKeesport’s Robert Robinson at Franklin Regional Senior High School, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Franklin Regional’s Kadyn Hannah blocks a shot by McKeesport’s Robert Robinson at Franklin Regional Senior High School, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Crews work to take down a building at 1100 E. Carson Street, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)An aerial view of the South Side on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Accompanied by her father John Lanyon, of Squirrel Hill, not pictured, Jocelyn Lanyon, 6, enjoys the weather while sledding, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, on Flagstaff Hill in Oakland. A winter weather advisory has been issued for much of southwestern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio through 1 p.m. Tuesday. (Post-Gazette)A maintenance vehicle on a train bridge after a snowstorm on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Bridgewater. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A person walks across a snow covered East Carson St. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Damage to the Sunoco gas station and store in the 2300 block of Centre Avenue after a man crashed into the building in an attempt to take the ATM machine from the Jill District establishment Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Tommy Guenther, 11, of Bethel Park, leans the basics of soldering during a Fab Lab event at Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Side on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The center’s “Friday 101 Workshops” offer students foundational skills needed to use technology in the Fab Lab, a digital fabrication laboratory where participants can invent and innovate. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Accused Capitol rioter Rachel Powell after being released from Butler County Prison on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 in Butler. The Mercer County woman was accused of smashing a U.S. Capitol window with a pipe and exhorting rioters to breach the building. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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