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.
The New Horizons Majorettes perform during the annual Canonsburg Fourth of July parade passes, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Canonsburg. The parade returned this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People watch as horses pass in the annual Canonsburg Fourth of July parade, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Canonsburg. The parade returned this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Selena Schneider, 4, of Clairton, jumps in the air out of excitement as as the annual Canonsburg Fourth of July parade passes, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Canonsburg. The parade returned this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A member of the Syria Shriners passes attendees in a miniature truck during the annual Canonsburg Fourth of July parade, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Canonsburg. The parade returned this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Veterans and members of the Young Marines march in the annual Canonsburg Fourth of July parade, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Canonsburg. The parade returned this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People watch as a member of the Steubenville Shrine Club passes on a scooter during the annual Canonsburg Fourth of July parade, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Canonsburg. The parade returned this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Matt Raetsch, a waterways conservation officer of 6 years, takes a call from one of his superiors on July 3, 2021, on the Allegheny River. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Brandon Young, a waterways conservation officer of 2 years, checks a boater’s paperwork who was flagged to check his registration sticker on July 3, 2021, on the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Mike Johnson, a waterways conservation officer of 11 years, steers the boat on July 3, 2021, on the Allegheny River in near Pittsburgh. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Dachsund owners release their dogs at the starting line of the Wennie 100 at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin. on July 3, 2021. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)Former Pirates second baseman Neil Walker throws out the first pitch Saturday, July 3, 2021, at PNC Park. Beginning in August he will be in the booth broadcasting games. AT&T SportsNet announced Saturday that Walker would appear as an analyst during a select number of Pirates games this season (six), as well as three more on 93.7 FM The Fan in the same capacity. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds pulls in a fly ball hit by Brewers shortstop Willy Adames in the sixth inning Saturday, July 3, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Brewers catcher Omar Narvaez scores on a wild pitch by Pirates pitcher Chris Stratton in the sixth inning Saturday, July 3, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Chairs set up along Pike St. in Canonsburg to prepare for the annual 4th of July parade photographed on Friday, July 2, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)The Three Rivers Inline Club cross an intersection on 17th St. on July 2, 2021, in South Side. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)A patron at The Local talks with an officer on July 2, 2021, in South Side. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)People line the streets and crowd Marios the bar on East Carson St. on July 2, 2021, in South Side. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Michal Schultz, of Ohio Saint-Clairsville, poses with Linnea Quigley, a horror movie actress, during the Living Dead Weekend at the Monroeville Mall on July 2, 2021, in Monroeville. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette) Masks and other horror movie memorabilia hang for sale during the Living Dead Weekend at the Monroeville Mall on July 2, 2021, in Monroeville. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)About 50 people gathered along Washington Blvd. near Cochran Road in Mt. Lebanon to support voting rights and urge Senators to pass the voting rights bill known as the “For the People Act” on Friday, July 2, 2021. The rally was organized by Partners for Progress Southwest PA, a South Hills grassroots organization. “Democracy is in peril, and lies are being told about the last election,” claims lead organizer Mykie Reidy of Mt. Lebanon. “The only way to protect the right to vote is for Congress to act. It’s time for the Senate to do its job.” (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette) Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds leaps to try to bring in a home run ball hit by Brewers center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. in the second inning Friday, July 2, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Brewers right fielder Tyrone Taylor pulls in a fly ball hit by Pirates left fielder Ben Gamel in the eighth inning Friday, July 2, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates second baseman Adam Frazier tries to pull in a single hit by Brewers shortstop Willy Adames in the sixth inning Friday, July 2, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Brewers third baseman Luis Urias leaps to try to pull in a double hit by Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds in the first inning Friday, July 2, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates first baseman Erik Gonzalez congratulates second baseman Adam Frazier who was announced as the starting second baseman for the National League in the All-Star game Thursday, July 1, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Dontae Comans and daughter Bellany, 2, touch foreheads while Wilkinsburg Council member Denise Edwards speaks to the media during a press conference addressing the proposed merger of Wilkinsburg with Pittsburgh on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Mr. Comans said he believes the proposal is being rushed and that residents are hearing disinformation about the process. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Kente Corlew takes a break outside of his clothing store TNT Fashion on Penn Avenue in Wilkinsburg on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Mr. Corlew, who has been in business for two years, believes the proposed merger with Pittsburgh is “a good idea. It could bring Homewood and Wilkinsburg together in one big community,” he said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Rahmon Hart of Plum and William Blackburn of Monroeville install fence backer rails in a lot in front of the Hosanna House in Wilkinsburg on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)Fans walk over the Clemente Bridge on game day, where the Pirates play the Brewers at PNC Park for the first game that 100% spectator capacity is back, July 1, 2021, on the North Shore. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Michael Raible, left, a Senior Airman of Gibsonia, shares a moment with Jamie Brautigam before the Pirates play the Brewers at PNC Park, June 1, 2021, on the North Shore. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Carson Barnett, an attendee of the Carnegie Science Center’s summer camp, touches an Eastern box turtle during a presentation given by animal care specialists on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at the museum on the North Shore. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Jim McCallum, left, and Jake Mikulan, right, volunteers at Reserve Township Volunteer Fire Department, use a 100-foot bumper line hose on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Reserve Township. The department has publicly stated that they are looking for new members. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)With the rain falling down, Louis Kimbrew, of McKeesport, fishes in the Youghiogheny River, Thursday, July 1, 2021, in McKeesport. Mr. Kimbrew says he once caught a large turtle in the river but regularly catches catfish. (Post-Gazette)Pirates closer Richard Rodriguez signs autographs before taking on the Brewers Thursday, July 1, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Eugene Magnani, of Mt. Washington, photographs from an outlook as storm clouds move across Pittsburgh on June 30, 2021, in Mt. Washington. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)As part of a project to decorate horses with colorful words and messages defining friendship, Riley Strittmatter, 10, presses her painted hands into a quarter horse named Joey at Camp Bella Terra in Murrysville on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. In the background is J.T. Esposito, 12. The theme of this week’s camp is “What makes a good friend?” said stable co-founder Amber Power. In addition to decorating the horses, campers learned how to care for horses, played outdoor games and completed art projects on the stable’s 26-acre farm. Both Strittmatter and Esposito are from Murrysville. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)New developments rise above Waterfront Place in Pittsburgh’s Strip District on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)A man has lunch by the fountain in Mellon Square during the park’s “Summer at the Square” kick-off event to launch summer programs and events in the square and celebrate its reopening after being closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Mag. Publishing Clearing House Prize Patrol members from left, Howie Guja, Dave Sayer and Bianca Quinnonez do a standup before presenting Louis Isabella with a check for $1 million Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Shaler. (Post-Gazette)Bill Sabo, of West Mifflin, reacts to his throw while playing cornhole in Mellon Square during the park’s “Summer at the Square” kick-off event to launch summer programs and events in the square and celebrate its reopening after being closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Publishing Clearing House Prize Patrol members from left, Dave Sayer, Howie Guja and Bianca Quinnonez present Louis Isabella, second from right, with a check for $1 million, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Shaler. (Post-Gazette)From left, Sadie Flick, 9, of Bridgeville, slides down rocks underneath a waterfall while Karter Harp, 8, of North Hills, watches and Collin Brady, 9, of North Hills, gets up to climb up the rocks on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at Fall Run Park in Shaler. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Tony Moreno speaks during a press conference to announce that hes running for mayor as a Republican, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Homewood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)`Tony Moreno leaves the podium after speaking during a press conference to announce that hes running for mayor as a Republican, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Homewood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A woman looks on from a window overlooking a press conference where Tony Moreno announced that hes running for mayor as a Republican, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Homewood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Actor Billy Porter, right, comforts Ciora Thomas, an activist and director of SisTers PGH, as she becomes emotional while speaking after she took the podium to disrupt the event to speak about supporting Black trans people and giving them a platform to speak during a listening session on LGBTQ+ issues hosted by Sen. Bob Casey with other community leaders at Carnegie Mellon Universitys Tepper School of Business, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A police officer talks to Ciora Thomas, activist and director of SisTers PGH, after she took the podium to disrupt the event to speak about supporting Black trans people and giving them a platform to speak during a listening session on LGBTQ+ issues hosted by Sen. Bob Casey with actor Billy Porter and other community leaders at Carnegie Mellon Universitys Tepper School of Business, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Actor Billy Porter, right, addresses Ciora Thomas, left, an activist and director of SisTers PGH, after she took the podium to disrupt the event to speak about supporting Black trans people and giving them a platform to speak during a listening session on LGBTQ+ issues hosted by Sen. Bob Casey with other community leaders at Carnegie Mellon Universitys Tepper School of Business, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Priscilla Vega hoists Alexandria MacKneer, 7, while daughter Pallis Vega, 3, hangs on at Cranberry Community Township Waterpark on Monday, June 28 2021. The three were taking part in the Rochester Salvation Army day camp, which traveled to the pool to cool off. As temperatures rose into the 90s, staffing shortages forced the temporary closure of some pools in Allegheny County, among them Settlers Cabin, South Park, Boyce Park and North Park. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)A view of Mount Washington with Downtown Pittsburgh in the background on Monday, June 28, 2021, in Mt Washington. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Greg Silvestri holds son Theo, 4 months, at Cranberry Community Township Waterpark on Monday, June 28 2021. As temperatures rose into the 90s, staffing shortages forced the temporary closure of some pools in Allegheny County, among them Settlers Cabin, South Park, Boyce Park and North Park (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Josh Egal, of Moon, owner of the Smoke Stack cigar lounge, and Chris Jones, of Economy, flip a whole roast pig after removing it from the roasting box during the shop’s “Trinidad Cigars and Pig Roast” event, Monday, June 28, 2021, in Moon. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Michael Murphy, of Lawrenceville, roller skates on Monday, June 28, 2021, at Highland Park. Murphy said he used to skate as a kid but just got back into it about a week ago. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Drew Spencer, 14, of Zelienople takes a leap into the pool at Cranberry Community Township Waterpark on Monday, June 28, 2021. As temperatures rose into the 90s, staffing shortages forced the temporary closure of some pools in Allegheny County, among them Settlers Cabin, South Park, Boyce Park and North Park (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Friends Alani Taylor, left, and Vince Shivers, both of Squirrel Hill, dance as the Tim Stevens Project performs “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” during Jazz, Blues & Neo-Soul Day, which is part of the 2021 Western PA Juneteenth & Black Music Festival, on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at Point State Park Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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Masks and other horror movie memorabilia hang for sale during the Living Dead Weekend at the Monroeville Mall on July 2, 2021, in Monroeville. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)
Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds leaps to try to bring in a home run ball hit by Brewers center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. in the second inning Friday, July 2, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
