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.
Fans cheer a goal by Penguins center Teddy Blueger against the Blackhawks in the first period, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins left winger Drew O’Connor celebrates a goal against Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury in the first period, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury skates away from his net after giving up a goal to Penguins left winger Danton Heinen in the first period, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins left winger Drew O’Connor celebrates his goal with center Dominik Simon against Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury in the first period, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)The Penguins are introduced during the team’s home opener against the Blackhawks, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins center Teddy Blueger scores a goal in the opening seconds against Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury in the first period, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is introduced during the teams home opener against the Blackhawks, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Visitors look at the artifacts in the exhibit “Pompeii: The Exhibition” at the Carnegie Science Center, Saturday, October 16, 2021, on the North Shore. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Visitors look at artifacts in the exhibit “Pompeii: The Exhibition” at the Carnegie Science Center, Saturday, October 16, 2021, on the North Shore. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Danielle Ruddle, of West Brownsville, and her sons Anthony, 9, and Vincent, 12, look at artifacts in the exhibit “Pompeii: The Exhibition”, at the Carnegie Science Center, Saturday, October 16, 2021, on the North Shore. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Sister Zita Telkamp, Sister Mary Traupman, and Sister Leticia Plasencia, members of the Sisters of Divine Providence, talk about their concerns on the edge of the grounds of Providence Heights, which is across the street from the Midwest Shooting Center indoor shooting range in the McCandless Crossing shopping center, which the women and others in the community oppose due in part to its proximity to churches and schools, Saturday, October 16, 2021, in McCandless. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Carol and Jack Ladebue, of South Oakland, get their photo taken by Yvonne Bevans, a photographer with Gateway Clipper Fleet, before embarking on the Autumn Serenade Luncheon Cruise on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, on the South Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Greg Wilson, a member of the band currently known as the Front Porch Jazz Band, plays the violin on his porch during the PennAve-Boo-Looza on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Garfield. The event included music, candy and crafts for children, and fall activities at local businesses on Penn Avenue. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Fire kept firefighters busy for hours in Lawrenceville at 246 Ater Way in Lawrenceville Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Kathy Eaches, a breast cancer survivor, stands with her grandsons, from left, Moon Area football players Tyler McGowan, Dylan Sleva, and Jacob Baumgartner during Moon Area’s pink out night in honor of breast cancer survivors and cancer research on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, before the Moon Area-Upper St. Clair football game. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The intersection of Interstate 576, running top to bottom, and Interstate 79, running left to right, in Cecil, Washington County, on Friday, the first day that sections of the roadway were open. One lone car can be seen on an off ramp, upper left, traveling from 579 to 79. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Maddi Mckinney, of Murrysville, poses while her friend Leah Holman, also of Murrysville, takes a photo as they wait in line on Centre Avenue for the standing room only pit for Harry Styles’ Love on Tour show on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, outside PPG Paints Arena Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Concertgoers wait in line for the standing-room-only pit for Harry Styles’ Love on Tour show on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, outside PPG Paints Arena Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Fans wait in line to get a spot in the standing room only pit for the Harry Styles concert at PPG Paints Arena, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Katrina Trayeser, a senior at CAPA High School, right, speaks with Shakeria Carter, an admission counselor at Penn State Greater Allegheny Campus in McKeesport, during a college fair for Pittsburgh Promise Students Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at the Energy Innovation Center in the Hill District. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Zachary Kooby, a ninth-grade student at Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, gets the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Lori Wortman, a registered nurse at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Thursday, Oct.14, 2021, at Allderdice in Squirrel Hill. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Students, teachers, and administrators sign up to receive booster or first dose Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shots Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at Pittsburgh Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger throws to tight end Pat Freiermuth during practice, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Golfers in the WPIAL AAA Boys Team Final work on practice putts before the start of the championship at Cedarbrook Golf Course Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Belle Vernon. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Derry Areas Hunter Jurica prepares to putt while Quaker Valleys Jackson Bould finishes his round at the WPIAL AA Boys Team Final at Cedarbrook Golf Course Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Belle Vernon. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Fans react as they listen to the moment Bill Mazeroski hit his series-winning home run on a radio broadcast of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series on the 61st anniversary of the Pirates win over the New York Yankees, Wednesday, October 13, 2021, by the Forbes Field Outfield Wall memorial, where the game was played, in Oakland. The event is organized every year by the Game 7 Gang. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Interim Superintendent, Dr. Wayne Walters, walks with students, from left, Keyshawn Worlds, Nevaeh West, Ja’sean Horton-West and Michael Turner to Pittsburgh Weil PreK-5 on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in the Hill District.(Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Sarah Menkedick, left, and Elena Santiago, 7, run with a goat of Allegheny Goatscape in Frick Park at a goat parade on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Elena Santiago, 7, left, Evan Nagle, 11, and Sarah Menkedick pet Hobo the donkey of Allegheny Goatscape in Frick Park at a goat parade on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Elena Santiago (7), left, Matt Bonicky and Lynda VanBueren run with goats of Allegheny Goatscape in Frick Park at a goat parade on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Tater Tot, 14, canine companion for Tom Kissel, 76, from Mars looks around after receiving his Hero Dog Award from Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley during a ceremony that recognized those during a recognition ceremony for the rescuers that assisted in saving Kissel’s life after a freak accident knocked him into the water unconscious at the River Forest Yacht Club Marina last July Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Freeport (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Tom Kissel, 76, from Mars and his companion Tater Tot, 14, stand beside the EMT team – Alan Worst with Allegheny Health Network and Laurie Hull and Samantha Boyd with the Lower Kiski Ambulance Service – that assisted in saving his life after a freak accident knocked him into the water unconscious at the River Forest Yacht Club Marina last July during a recognition ceremony for the rescuers Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Freeport (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Tim Stevens, the Chairman and CEO of the Black Political Empowerment Project, speaks at the podium about B-PEP’s new signs, including Port Authority bus signage, and the importance of voting in every election on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Black Political Empowerment Project in the Hill District. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mayoral candidates Tony Moreno, left, and Rep. Ed Gainey sit on stage before the start of the Pittsburgh mayoral debate on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Thunderbird Café and Music Hall in Lawrenceville. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mayoral candidate Tony Moreno sits speaks during the Pittsburgh mayoral debate on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Thunderbird Café and Music Hall in Lawrenceville. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mayoral candidate Rep. Ed Gainey speaks during the Pittsburgh mayoral debate on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Thunderbird Café and Music Hall in Lawrenceville. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mayoral candidate Rep. Ed Gainey speaks during the Pittsburgh mayoral debate with Tony Moreno on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Thunderbird Café and Music Hall in Lawrenceville. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Graffiti on the plastic-covered Christopher Columbus Monument in Schenley Park on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Oakland. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)City of Pittsburgh police officer Logan Hanley kisses his son Beau, after having his Lieutenant badge pinned on him by his wife Colleen Hanley during a Pittsburgh Police promotion ceremony Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at the Our Lady of Victory Church Hall in Beechview. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)City of Pittsburgh police officer Ronald Griffin, right, and other police officers during a Pittsburgh Police promotion ceremony Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at the Our Lady of Victory Church Hall in Beechview. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)A paddler watches a Blue Heron as she passes it by on a tour of North Park Lake on a picture-perfect day Monday, Oct.11, 2021, in Allison Park. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Steeline drummers Christopher Roberts (left), Paul Bodenschatz (center), and Liam Flaherty (right) perform for a crowd gathered outside of Heinz Field before a Steelers game. Shown on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. in North Shore. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Attendees enter the 1st annual Community Engagement Award Ceremony and Black Women Art Gallery Display hosted by Sisters Saving Ourselves Now/Pittsburgh-Mon Valley Black Women’s Roundtable at Phipps Conservatory in Oakland. The ceremony celebrated the contributions of nine black women in the Pittsburgh area. Shown Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. in Oakland. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Buffalo Rose performs during The Q Ball: Quantinuum celebrating the Quantum Theatres 30th anniversary, Sunday, October 10, 2021, at Roselea Farm Partnership in Coraopolis. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert, left, greets parishioners as they leave St. Paul Cathedral after mass on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, in Oakland as part of National Faith & Blue Weekend. Police officers and personnel who were present included, from left, Chief Schubert, University of Pittsburgh Police officer Heather Walker, Lt. Col. David Johnson and Kelly Morrissey, both with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department Reserve Unit and Zone 4 officer Andrew Hohol. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger warms up with wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster before taking on the Broncos, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger enters the field to take on the Broncos, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers cornerback James Pierre intercepts a ball intended for Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton at the end of the fourth quarter, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Broncos safety Justin Simmons grabs the helmet of Steelers running back Najee Harris as he carries in the third quarter, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick celebrates a stop against the Broncos in the first quarter, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers fans Tracey Disque (left) cheers for the Pittsburgh Steeline drummers with other crowd goers outside of Heinz Field before a Steelers game. Shown on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. in North Shore. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)
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