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.
Kennywood opens for the 2021 season and celebrates 101st anniversary of the Jack Rabbit coaster Saturday May 8, 2021, at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin. Kennywood commissioned a new logo for its 100th anniversary in 2020 but postponed much of the celebrations because of the pandemic. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Charlie Moore, left, a retired U.S. Marshal, demonstrates safe ways to cuff someone on the ground during a Contact-Control-Cuffing for the 21st Century Law Enforcement Professional Seminar on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at the Indio Dojo in Bridgeville. The seminar was part of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association 111 Project, which provides training and resources to optimize the safety of law enforcement and citizens. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The wonderful weather and the criss-crossing paths in Allegheny Commons Park on the Northside attracts walkers, bikers, skaters on Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Fred Haag, left, and Chuck Christen, sit with their dog Sam at the new Hazelwood Green Plaza on Saturday, May 8, 2021, which was the first day the plaza was officially open to the public, in their neighborhood of Hazelwood. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Daniel Norris, Hempfield, competes in the discus at the Baldwin Boys Track & Field Invitational Friday, May 7, 2021 in Baldwin. He won the competition with a throw of 187 feet 2 inches. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Dontae Lewis competes on the 110 meter hurdles at the Baldwin Boys Track & Field Invitational Friday, May 7, 2021 in Baldwin. He won the competition along with the 300 meter hurdles. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Guinness Brown from Butler came in first in the 100 meter dash at the Baldwin Boys Track & Field Invitational Friday, May 7, 2021 in Baldwin. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)C.J. Singleton from Butler competes on the 3200 meter run, at the Baldwin Boys Track & Field Invitational Friday, May 7, 2021 in Baldwin. He placed first in the event. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Registered nurse Janet Petrozza administers a COVID vaccine dose to Tina Long of Penn Hills during a drive up/walk up clinic at Carnegie Library of Homestead’s Music Hall on Friday, May 7, 2021. The library teamed with Allegheny Health Network to offer the clinic, which made available the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Kai Devenitch, of Millvale, spray paints a depiction of Gooner, the beagle basset hound mix of Jamie McCabe, right, of Dormont, onto the hood of McCabe’s car on Friday, May 7, 2021, as part of the Unblurred: First Fridays initiative on Penn Avenue through Garfield and Bloomfield. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
A pair of deer claim the right of way along Margaret St. in Munhall on a rainy morning on Friday, May 7, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Emergency personnel stop construction as a precaution when construction workers burst a four-inch high-pressure gas line requiring evacuation on Forbes Avenue Thursday May, 2021, in Uptown. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Rob Windhorst, of Ingram, founder of the Wayne’s Fourth Sub-Legion reenactor group, plays the fife, a flute-like instrument with a limited range of notes that was used during the Civil War, during an event to show visitors what life was like for soldiers in the U.S. military in the 1790s at the historic Woodville Plantation, the location of the John and Presley Neville house, which was built around 1775, Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Bridgeville. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Penguins center Jeff Carter scores one of his four goals against Sabres goaltender Michael Houser Thursday May 6, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Penguins center Jeff Carter celebrates his third goal of his four goals of the night against the Sabres Thursday May 6, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Penguins center Jeff Carter celebrates his second goal of four goals of the night against the Sabres Thursday May 6, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Penguins center Jeff Carter celebrates his third goal of four goals of the night against the Sabres Thursday May 6, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby skates past Sabres defenseman Henri Jokiharju Thursday May 6, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Madison Taylor of Follansbee, West Virginia waits to get her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Duquesne University Thursday, May 6, 2021, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Sara Andrews of New York puts on her ribbon which holds the nursing pin during the pinning ceremony welcoming the graduated nurses into the nursing profession Thursday, May 6, 2021, at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Baldwin High School hockey player Alexander Golvash receives a certificate from Superintendent Dr. Randal Lutz during a celebration of the team’s Class AA state championship on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Baldwin. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)The Baldwin High School hockey team prepares for a team photo with their trophies during a celebration of their Class AA state championship on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Baldwin. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Colegro Satori runs through a Ninja obstacle course during a Healthy Kids Week event at the YMCA on the North Side Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Greensburg Salem’s Makayla Flock is pressured by Indiana’s Gia Spadafora Wednesday May 5, 2021, at Offutt Field in Greensburg. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Students celebrate after receiving their diplomas from the University of Pittsburgh during graduation ceremonies Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A person with an umbrella crosses Fifth Avenue, Monday, May 3, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Megan Hiser, 22, of Cleveland, waits to receive her diploma from the University of Pittsburgh during graduation ceremonies Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at PNC Park. Her hat translates to “It’s the end of it all.” (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A display of mementos left outside of the Tree of Life synagogue, which housed three congregations, New Light, Dor Hadash and Tree of Life, in the aftermath of the shooting, photographed Monday, May 3, 2021, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A rabbit eats grass in Point State Park, Monday, May 3, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People enjoy Point State Park in light rain, Monday, May 3, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Jeff Childs, of New Brighton, fishes along the Beaver River near the New Brighton Dam on Monday, May 3, 2021, in New Brighton. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A woman and her dog nap between rain showers at Schenley Park Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette) The dogs name is Siggy and is a rescue.Pedestrians cross DeSoto Street at its O’Hara Street intersection in Oakland on rainy Monday, May 3, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Diane Bronowicz Egelhoff, second from right, of Lower Burrell, participates in an introduction to longsword class on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at Broken Plow Western Martial Arts in Creighton. The former church turned training hall hosts different martial arts classes, including an introduction to longsword every Sunday. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian walks up steps beside the Petersen Events Center above Terrace Street in Oakland on rainy Monday, May 3, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Members of the Wayne’s Fourth Sub-Legion re-enactor group prepare their muskets for a firing demonstration during an event to show visitors what life was like for soldiers in the U.S. military in the 1790s at the historic Woodville Plantation, the location of the John and Presley Neville house, which was built around 1775, Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Bridgeville. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)From left, the Rev. Daniel Korba, the Rev. Photios Dickos, the Rev. Michael Kallaur, and the Rev. John Chakos lead the Agape Vespers service on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Mt. Lebanon. Agape Vespers is part of Pascha, Orthodox Easter. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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