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.
Members of the Spigno Saturnia Society dance in the Pittsburgh Columbus Day Parade on Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield, Saturday, October 9, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Isiah Wilson, 7, of East Liberty, greets Franco Harris, a Steelers legend and Football Hall of Fame running back, who was the grand marshal of the Pittsburgh Columbus Day Parade, as the parade makes its way down Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield, Saturday, October 9, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A band passes protesters, some part of a group organized by the Thomas Merton Center, as they stand at the intersection of South Mathilda Street and Liberty Avenue to demonstrate on the route of the Pittsburgh Columbus Day Parade in Bloomfield, Saturday, October 9, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A group passes protesters, some part of a group organized by the Thomas Merton Center, as they stand at the intersection of South Mathilda Street and Liberty Avenue to demonstrate on the route of the Pittsburgh Columbus Day Parade in Bloomfield, Saturday, October 9, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The Christopher Columbus statue in Schenley Park is seen covered, Saturday, October 9, 2021, in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Adrian Millender, 6, of Monroeville, sticks pink ribbon stickers on his face before participating in the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk”, a 5K walk hosted by the American Cancer Society to raise money for breast cancer research and education and patient support, at the South Shore Riverfront Park, Saturday, October 9, 2021, on the South Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Jenn Haskins, of Brookline, hugs her mother Donna Antis, who has been fighting breast cancer since being diagnosed in April, before they participated in the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk”, a 5K walk hosted by the American Cancer Society to raise money for breast cancer research and education and patient support, at the South Shore Riverfront Park, Saturday, October 9, 2021, on the South Side. Ms. Haskins said that despite her mother being in pain, it was important to both of them to participate. “It has been downhill, but every day she comes back and she fights,” said Ms. Haskins. “She’s my hero; she’s shown me what it’s like to be a fighter. This walk means everything to me, for her,” she said. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A group poses for a photo before participating in the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk,” a 5K walk hosted by the American Cancer Society to raise money for breast cancer research and education and patient support, at the South Shore Riverfront Park, Saturday, October 9, 2021, on the South Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Christian Levkus of Gallery 412 tattoos a dragon onto Renee Levkus at the 28th annual Meeting of the Marked tattoo convention at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Former team Fedex racers Dave Miller (left), Mark Kozlowski (center) and Rick Cramer (right) ride on the newly constructed Southern Beltway (Turnpike 576) at a special community day hosted by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Shown Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt works out during practice, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterbacks Dwayne Haskins and Ben Roethlisberger warm up next to guard B.J. Finney during practice, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt stretches during practice, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers offensive tackle Zach Banner works out during practice, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Homes in the neighborhood of Corliss, 1118 Tyndall St., bottom right, and 1129 Newcomer St., top left, photographed on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Eric M. Kortz, 53, who is charged in federal court with killing Louis Vignone as the postal worker sat in his mail truck, lived at 1129 Newcomer St. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Anthony Hopson founder of Community Ambassador, Inc. gives testimony during the East Hills Unity in the Community prayer circle at East Hills West (formerly Maple Ridge apartment complex) Friday, June 8, 2021 in Pittsburgh. The event is part of a weekend of anti-violence events to promote positive activities to decrease violence by increasing community awareness. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)From left, Robert Walker, of Coraopolis, and Paul Kamenar, of McKees Rocks, make pierogis at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church for their pierogis sale on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, in McKees Rocks. The sale started again last Friday. The pierogis are prepared in Ukrainian tradition by Ukrainians. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting of a postal worker in front of a house on Suburban Ave. in Collier Township on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting of a postal worker in front of a house on Suburban Ave. in Collier Township on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Homes along Valonia St. photographed on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Elliott. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh councilman Ricky Burgess addresses the media during a press conference calling for the need for “peace building” Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at CCAC Allegheny Campus on the North Side. (Post-Gazette)
Members of the media watch a preview of the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Pittsburgh on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, on the North Shore. The exhibit features 500,000 cubic feet of projections and opens October 21st. The installation includes The Potato Eaters, 1885; Starry Night, 1889; Sunflowers, 1888; and The Bedroom, 1889. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Cassandra Long a therapist at the University of Pittsburgh counseling center counts the number of beads already threaded into a set of Gratitude Beads – lengths of threaded beads that are used in many religions and cultures to pray or meditate – during a workshop sponsored by the campuss Muslim Affinity Group as part of the university-wide Civic Action Week at the University Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Homes along Rue Grande Vue St. photographed with Downtown Pittsburgh in the background on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Elliott. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Maggie Lincoln from Squirrel Hill, a junior at the University of Pittsburgh works on her Gratitude Beads – lengths of threaded beads that are used in many religions and cultures to pray or meditate – during a workshop sponsored by the campuss Muslim Affinity Group as part of the university-wide Civic Action Week at the University Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Pittsburgh. The workshop, Gratitude in Islam, explored ways in which the role of gratitude can cultivate interfaith community engagement Gratitude Beads are an important part of the Islamic tradition and are used while reciting prayers. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A man waits for a bus on Stanwix Street and Third Avenue, Downtown, after sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman (52) fights for a puck on the ice near the Penguins’ goal, Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan tees off during the WPIAL 3A Boys Golf Championships at Nemacolin Country Club on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Beallsville. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Nick Turowski, Penn Trafford, tees off during the WPIAL 3A Boys Golf Championships at Nemacolin Country Club on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Beallsville. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Rocco Salvitti during the WPIAL 3A Boys Golf Championships at Nemacolin Country Club on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Beallsville. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Penguins forward Jason Zucker (16) passes the goal after shooting on Sabres goaltender Aaron Dell during an overtime shootout between the Penguins and the Sabres, Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Rich Martinelli, of Royersford, Pa. fishes in the early morning fog Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, at Lake Carnegie in Highland Park. Mr. Marinelli said that he and his girlfriend and other family members were in town to attend the Rolling Stones concert. (Post-Gazette)
The Rolling Stones perform during their No Filter Tour on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Rolling Stones perform during their No Filter Tour on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Rolling Stones perform during their No Filter Tour on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The crowd cheers during The Rolling Stones No Filter Tour on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-GazetteThe Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger performs during the band’s No Filter Tour on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Rolling Stones perform during their No Filter Tour on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, and Steve Jordan perform during the band’s No Filter Tour on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Jeremy Muller and his son Wyatt Muller, 14, of Fox Chapel, play and sing “Beast of Burden” before going to The Rolling Stones concert on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in the parking lot at the corner of West General Robinson Street and Mazeroski Way on the North Shore. Jeremy said this is their version of tailgating, and they have played in parking lots prior to seeing the Grateful Dead and plan on doing it when Bob Dylan comes to town later this year. Wyatt said his favorite Rolling Stones song right now is “Rock’s Off” while Jeremy said it’s too difficult to choose just one. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Jen Kast, of Rockville, Maryland, receives a Pfizer booster shot from Kristal Ross, a Giant Eagle pharmacist, at the vaccination clinic before The Rolling Stones concert on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mary Ann Conroy and Debi Martinka, both 60 and from Natrona Heights, take a selfie before The Rolling Stones show at Heinz Field Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. “This is on our bucket list,” Conroy said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Scarlet Rzotkiewicz (5) bottle feeds goats and sheep at Jan Marchezak’s Barnyard Petting Zoo at the Hartwood Hay Day and Family Green Fest in Allison Park on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Families enjoyed the petting zoo, food trucks, games and more to celebrate the start of fall. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Cathy Schlott, director of Animal Programs and Experiences at the National Aviary, speaks at a press conference about the return of Kodiak, a Steller’s Sea Eagle, to the Aviary on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, on the North Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Cornelius Cosgrove, of Sharpsburg, helps to clear out the basement at the Thomas Merton Center’s East End Thrift Store, also known as “Thrifty,” Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Garfield. Gabriel McMorland, executive director of the Thomas Merton Center, said the items are going to be delivered to a couple thrift stores in the area with more storage space as Thrifty volunteers clear space for workers to make repairs on the store’s aging building, which has needed repairs to the electric, roof, HVAC system, and floor. Over the course of the pandemic Thrifty accumulated a bevy of donations as a lot of people were cleaning out their houses and there was a lot less foot traffic along Penn Avenue. Thrifty reopened in the middle of last summer to respond to the local need but is able to share some of what they’ve received. “Thrifty’s been in this storefront since 1993. Of all the places on Penn Ave., it’s one of the places with the strongest and longest connection with the neighborhood, and we want to keep it here,” said Gabriel. (Post-Gazette)Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin falls as he defends Red Wings forward Givani Smith, Sunday, October 3, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Fans cheer at the end of the Penguins game against the Red Wings, which was the annual free game for kids, Sunday, October 3, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Boys scream when prompted by the scoreboard as the Penguins play the Red Wings, which was the annual free game for kids, Sunday, October 3, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Nick, who declined to give his last name, a Franklin Township resident and a member of Pittsburgh’s Democratic Socialists of America, hands a container of breakfast to a person in a car on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, outside Community Forge in Wilkinsburg. DSA partners with Feed the Hood every Sunday to hand out free breakfast and connect with members of the community. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Steelers tight end Eric Ebron takes a leap off the field during during warmups, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at Lambeau Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander stops Steelers running back Najee Harris on a fourth down attempt in the third quarter, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at Lambeau Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Fans enjoy the game as the Steelers take on the Packers in the third quarter, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at Lambeau Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers running back Najee Harris leaps for a touchdown against the Packers in the fourth quarter, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at Lambeau Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
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