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.
Laryn Rajkarnikar, of Churchill, a nurse practitioner with Central Outreach Wellness Center, administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to Valerie Reyes, of Shadyside, at a vaccine clinic hosted by Casa San Jose and the Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation, Saturday, April 17, 2021, in Beechview. The clinic was organized to help ease language barriers and lessen vaccine hesitancy in Hispanic communities with outreach and translators available at the clinic. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Spectators watch the 4 x 100 meter relay on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association Championships track and field meet at West Mifflin High School. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)South Fayette’s Haiden Litwinovich competes in the pole vault event on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association Championships track and field meet at West Mifflin High School. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)From left, North Catholic’s Trevor Paschall, Butler’s Guinness Brown, and Central Catholic’s Antonio Pitts compete in the 100 meter dash on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association Championships track and field meet at West Mifflin High School. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and then wait for an observation period at a vaccine clinic hosted by Casa San Jose and the Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation, Saturday, April 17, 2021, in Beechview. The clinic was organized to help ease language barriers and lessen vaccine hesitancy in Hispanic communities with outreach and translators available at the clinic. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Madison Baxter, center, and Megan Entwistle, right, both of Carnegie, shop for records at the Pittsburgh Record Convention 25 Year Anniversary Show, Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the Sokol Club on the South Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Bill Buchko, of Robinson, flies a kite during the Archangel Gabriel Parish Kite Festival, Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Youthtowne in Clinton. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)James Bryan, 2, of Coraopolis, looks on as Kate Slifkey, 8, of Coraopolis, runs to try to get a kite to fly during the Archangel Gabriel Parish Kite Festival, Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Youthtowne in Clinton. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)James Bryan, 2, of Coraopolis, runs to try to get a kite to fly during the Archangel Gabriel Parish Kite Festival, Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Youthtowne in Clinton. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The largest bridge span of the Southern Beltway that goes over Noblestown Rd., Johns Ave. and the Panhandle Trail photographed on Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Robinson Township, Washington County. The Beltway runs from I-79 to Route 22 near Pittsburgh International Airport and is scheduled to open in October. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Canon-McMillan High School shortstop Taylor Eckles dives for ball up the middle against Bethel Park High School Friday April 16, 2021, at North Strabane Intermediate School in Canonsburg. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Students gather in front of Pine-Richland High School rallying in support of the fired head football coach Eric Kasperowicz Friday, Apr. 16, 2021 in Richland Twp. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Flowers in full bloom in Old Economy Village on Friday, April 16, 2021, in Ambridge, Pa. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A bird on a flowering tree in full bloom in Old Economy Village on Friday, April 16, 2021, in Ambridge. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Morgan Suity, of Sharpsburg, a teen librarian, adjusts the height of a computer on the newly renovated first floor of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on Friday, April 16, 2021, Downtown. After going through renovations, the library will be open for public tours starting on Saturday. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Stephen Bucklin, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Naturalist and President of the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club holds up a mushroom for identification for Janice Serra from South Side and her brother-in-law John Serra from Finleyville during an Earth Day Hike with a Naturalist looking for spring mushrooms along the Babbling Brook and Bigelow trails in Highland Park Friday, Apr. 16, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Philadelphia Flyers left wing Scott Laughton is upended by Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby Thursday April 15, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Puck squirts loose in front of Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry Thursday April 15, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh against the Philadelphia Flyers. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Christie Overmyer, from Shadyside, an Allegheny Health Network Registered Nurse, signals for the next person in line to get vaccinated at the at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 in Pittsburgh. Christie has been volunteering one day a week at vaccination clinics since they began. “I’ve taken care of Covid patients, it’s such a devastating disease. I don’t want anyone to get sick with it,” she says. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Jaden Bellan with the Church of the Redeemed-Beaver County helps move boxes onto a school bus for delivery to one of a dozen sites in the area during the church’s Big Give day Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 in Conway. The church is delivering 972 Farmer to Families Food Boxes partnering with the area agencies to deliver to residents in need. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Penguins center Evan Rodrigues takes a big hit from Flyers defenseman Robert Hagg Thursday April 15, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan makes his point with referee Jon McIsaac Thursday April 15, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Penguins center Jeff Carter misses scoring chance against Flyers goaltender Carter Hart Thursday April 15, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Penguins, 2-1, in a shootout Thursday to snap their three-game winning streak and spoil Jeff Carter’s promising debut. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pirates left fielder Bryan Reynolds pulls in a fly ball hit by Padres pinch hitter Jorge Mateo in the fifth inning Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Padres right fielder Jurickson Profar can’t come up with a single hit by Pirates shortstop Erik Gonzalez in the eighth inning Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates right fielder Gregory Polanco rounds the bases after hitting a home run off Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove in the second inning Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A car of multiple families wait for their meals as volunteers Salamai Zamal, of Carnegie, and Aliyah Alshebli, of Carnegie, hand out food during a drive-through iftar meal pickup event at the Attawheed Islamic Center, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Carnegie. The center gave out about 110 meals in less than 10 minutes. The iftar, the meal that breaks the daily fast during the month of Ramadan, would normally be hosted inside, but due to COVID-19 precautions the meal was served to families free via the drive through. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Shady Side Academy’s Colin Gramley returns ball against South Fayette’s Jacob Patterson during the Class AAA Championship Wednesday April 14, 2021, at North Allegheny High School in McCandless. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Paula Franetti, a Senior Olympian in basketball claps at the announcement that the biennial 2023 National Senior Games will be played in Pittsburgh during a press conference at the Heinz History Center in the Strip Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Ms. Franetti, who has competed in five previous Senior Olympics, was sidelined after a severe automobile accident in 2016 and credits the Senior Games for motivating her to get back into competitive shape after the accident. “The training to stay healthy made all the difference; it helped keep me motivated,” she said. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)John Kralik, of Natrona Heights, receives the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine from Kristine Schonder, a pharmacist with UPMC Presbyterian, during a drive-up clinic Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Fraser. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Stella Wadiru, of Squirrel Hill, closes her eyes as she receives the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine from Maddie Shemansky, a registered nurse with UPMC Children’s Hospital, during a drive-up clinic Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Fraser. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Working at the computer, Jordan Rosky, an employee with UPMC Health Plan, check-in during a vaccine drive-up clinic Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Fraser. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Carrie Jeffery, a registered nurse with UPMC Children’s Hospital, provides information to people during a vaccine drive-up clinic Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Fraser. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Susan Wentzel, of South Park, who said she does not like shots, shields her eyes as she gets COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic at CCAC South Campus on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in West Mifflin. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes works through drills during batting practice Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Mike Kelly, of McKeesport, returns a serve from his friend Brett Duncan (not pictured) of Braddock during a game of tennis Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at Renziehausen Park in McKeesport. Mr. Duncan said he and Mr. Kelly try to hit the court at least twice a week. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)A heavy fog blankets Westinghouse Park in North Point Breeze Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Kindergartener Carter Giles, 6, tries on his first pair of glasses as part of the Vision to Learn program at J.E. Harrison Education Center in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District on Monday, April 12, 2021, in Whitehall. 120 elementary students received glasses on Monday as part of the program. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Al Richter, right, 55, shoots hoops with his brother Dan, 58, both of Beaver, on a court in Bradys Run Park on Monday, April 12, 2021, in Brighton Twp. After a few weeks of verbal sparring on who was the better basketball player, the brothers finally took the competition to the court. Their game was rained out. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Houses along Suncrest St. and Daytona St. photographed on Monday, April 12, 2021, in Knoxville. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Drew Williams from Mt. Washington with the Veterans Leadership Program (VLP) packs boxes of supplies into a Veterans car during a distribution for military families in need at their office in the Strip District Monday, Apr. 12, 2021, in Pittsburgh. The monthly VLP distribution is done in partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Jim and Katherine Kelly, of Beaver, look at a 1967 Camaro RS/SS that is being displayed at the Pittsburgh World of Wheels car show at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Sunday, April 11, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Protesters chant while rallying in front of the Amazon corporate office on the South Side, Sunday, April 11, 2021, to show solidarity with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama who attempted to unionize this month. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Activist Randall Taylor, right, speaks to protesters while rallying in front of the Amazon corporate office on the South Side, Sunday, April 11, 2021, to show solidarity with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama who attempted to unionize this month. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Bernie Wilke, left, of East Liberty and the main painter of the new mural in New Kensington, and Joel Gabelli, of New Kensington, who helped with the project, hang up a portrait of Tommy West, the president of the New Kensington Arts Center, before the dedication ceremony for the mural on Sunday, April 11, 2021, in New Kensington. The mural, which is located at Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue, features New Kensington residents including West, Michelle Thom, left, the operations manager of Olde Towne Overhaul, and artist Carina Lobel-West, who volunteers at the New Kensington Arts Center. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A group looks at a new mural on Fourth Avenue in New Kensington during the dedication ceremony for the mural on Sunday, April 11, 2021, in New Kensington. The mural, which is part of the Community Arts and Reintegration Project, features several New Kensington natives including Tommy West, the president of the New Kensington Arts Center, Michelle Thom, the operations manager of Olde Towne Overhaul, photographer Eddie Adams, New Kensington police officer Brian Shaw, who was killed in the line of duty in 2017, and Penn State New Kensington Chancellor Kevin Snider. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Duquesne lineman Ryan Johnson walks off the field after losing to Sacred Heart in overtime Sunday, April 11, 2021, at Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field.
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