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.
Pitt defensive back Damarri Mathis intercept a ball intended for Clemson wide receiver Justyn Ross in the second quarter, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett celebrates a touchdown pass to wide receiver Jordan Addison against Clemson in the second quarter, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt fans cheer as their team takes on Clemson in the first quarter, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt teammates celebrate after defeating Clemson, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett greets friends and family as he heads walks to the stadium to take on Clemson , Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)University of Pittsburgh students unboard a Pitt student shuttle bus outside of Heinz Field before Pitt’s football game against Clemson University in North Shore on Oct. 23, 2021. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett gets a pass off against Clemson safety Andrew Mukuba in the second quarter, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt tight end Gavin Bartholomew reaches to pull in a pass against Clemson defensive end Xavier Thomas in the first quarter, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt linebacker SirVocea Dennis celebrates a touchdown after intercepting a shovel pass against Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei in the third quarter, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Fans cheer as Pitt walks to the stadium before taking on Clemson, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Central Valley’s Landon Alexander tries to get the ball past Avonworth on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at Avonworth High School. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Raymond Galambus’ car in a collapsed garage at his home on Cella Ave. on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Hampton Township. Strong storms, including multiple tornadoes, rolled through the Pittsburgh area Thursday night. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A section of a roof of a home on Linden Dr. that was blown off during a storm can be seen on top of a truck can be seen on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Allison Park. Strong storms, including multiple tornadoes, rolled through the Pittsburgh area Thursday night. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Fallen trees can be seen near houses on Cole Ave. and Cella Ave. on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Hampton Township. Strong storms, including multiple tornadoes, rolled through the Pittsburgh area Thursday night. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Roger Lucchini, of Bubba Raye Arbor Pros, cuts up a large fallen pine tree on a house on Cole Ave. on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Hampton Township. Strong storms, including multiple tornadoes, rolled through the Pittsburgh area Thursday night. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Roger Lucchini, of Bubba Raye Arbor Pros, stands near a large fallen pine tree on a house on Cole Ave. on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Hampton Township. Strong storms, including multiple tornadoes, rolled through the Pittsburgh area Thursday night. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Hundreds of volunteers work on patients during the Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh Free Dental Clinic at the Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, Downtown. The clinic offered dental exams, cleanings, restorative fillings, extractions and root canal treatments. Mick Stinelli storyHundreds of volunteers work on patients during the Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh Free Dental Clinic at the Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, Downtown. The clinic offered dental exams, cleanings, restorative fillings, extractions and root canal treatments. Mick Stinelli storyDental hygienist Alexandra Bihary cleans the teeth of Kaden Birmingam during the Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh Free Dental Clinic at the Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, Downtown. The clinic offered dental exams, cleanings, restorative fillings, extractions and root canal treatments. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Dom White, 6, dressed as Jason from “Friday the 13th”, right, plays a ring toss game while his brother Troy White, 11, dressed as a hamburger, and grandmother Patty Stillwagon, all of Shaler, watch during a track or treat event on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Highland Park Bike Track. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Emil Samay, 1, dressed as a cow, dances with his mother Elizabeth Mulenga Samay, of Lincoln-Larimer, during a track or treat event on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, at Highland Park Bike Track. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Martin Mukuna, of Shadyside, celebrates a goal for his team representing the Democratic Republic of the Congo as they play against the Columbia team during the Steel City World Cup, where teams representing countries from around the world play against each other to celebrate Pittsburgh’s diverse communities, Saturday, October 23, 2021, at the Montour Junction Sports Complex in Coraopolis. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Elie Odia, of Penn Hills, Hergi Ngandu, of Pitcairn, and Willy Mulendi, of Swissvale, players from the team representing the Democratic Republic of the Congo, joke on the sidelines during the Steel City World Cup, where teams representing countries from around the world play against each other to celebrate Pittsburgh’s diverse communities, Saturday, October 23, 2021, at the Montour Junction Sports Complex in Coraopolis. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Players from the team representing Columbia, including Julian Quinones, of the North Side, center, joke on the sidelines during the Steel City World Cup, where teams representing countries from around the world play against each other to celebrate Pittsburgh’s diverse communities, Saturday, October 23, 2021, at the Montour Junction Sports Complex in Coraopolis. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Charlie Chen, of Franklin Park, juggles a ball to warm up before playing with the team representing China during the Steel City World Cup, where teams representing countries from around the world play against each other to celebrate Pittsburgh’s diverse communities, Saturday, October 23, 2021, at the Montour Junction Sports Complex in Coraopolis. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Kids play with a soccer ball in between games during the Steel City World Cup, where teams representing countries from around the world play against each other to celebrate Pittsburgh’s diverse communities, Saturday, October 23, 2021, at the Montour Junction Sports Complex in Coraopolis. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People look at a fire rescue vehicle that is available for auction during the Allegheny County Airport Authority’s annual auction at the Pittsburgh International Airport, Saturday, October 23, 2021, in Moon. Vehicles, electronics, jewelry, and other items that were left behind at the airport are auctioned and proceeds go to the ACAA Charitable Foundation. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People sit in the truck bed of a vehicle available for auction and watch the auctioneer during the Allegheny County Airport Authority’s annual auction at the Pittsburgh International Airport, Saturday, October 23, 2021, in Moon. Vehicles, electronics, jewelry, and other items that were left behind at the airport are auctioned and proceeds go to the ACAA Charitable Foundation. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Boxes of items including watches and jewelry available for auction are seen during the Allegheny County Airport Authority’s annual auction at the Pittsburgh International Airport, Saturday, October 23, 2021, in Moon. Vehicles, electronics, jewelry, and other items that were left behind at the airport are auctioned and proceeds go to the ACAA Charitable Foundation. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees watch the auctioneer during the Allegheny County Airport Authority’s annual auction at the Pittsburgh International Airport, Saturday, October 23, 2021, in Moon. Vehicles, electronics, jewelry, and other items that were left behind at the airport are auctioned and proceeds go to the ACAA Charitable Foundation. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Auctioneer Joe R. Pyle works the crowd while auctioning off items during the Allegheny County Airport Authority’s annual auction at the Pittsburgh International Airport, Saturday, October 23, 2021, in Moon. Vehicles, electronics, jewelry, and other items that were left behind at the airport are auctioned and proceeds go to the ACAA Charitable Foundation. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The moon sets behind Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A horse grazes as the morning fog burns off a field on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, in Perryopolis. Temperatures for Tuesday were anticipated to break 70 degrees in the Pittsburgh region. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Actor David Sisson of Atlanta checks his phone while he and other actors dressed in early 1960s clothing take a break in the filming of the Netflix movie “Rustin” on Fifth Avenue and Craig Street in Oakland on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Sisson portrays a news photographer in the film, a biopic of Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights activist who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington. The film chronicles the struggles Rustin faced as he became a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Long-time community activists Donna Jackson, Betty Lane and DeAnna Davis address the crowd during the groundbreaking for Larimer Cornerstone Village Phase III and IV, a Choice Neighborhood Initiative community that replaces vacant, underutilized land with new mixed-income housing in an historic neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Ellen Regenstein from Downtown Pittsburgh, looks over the shade plants at the booth of Pisarcik Flower Farm from Valencia during the Market Square farmer’s market Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 in Pittsburgh. Next Thursday, Oct. 28th is the last Market Square farmers market for the season. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania State Trooper Tristan Tappe, right, and other officers and officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation hosted a “Trunk-Or-Treat” themed event for children at the Tender Care Learning Centers Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Ross. The event was designed to promote pedestrian safety as children prepare for Halloween. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Ellen and Daniel Leger from Squirrel Hill meditate during a moment, led by Barry Kerzin, Founder & President of the Altruism in Medicine Institute and Founder & Chairman of the Human Values Institute, during the panel discussion on Trauma-Informed Care for Survivors of Extremism during the Eradicate Hate Global Summit Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Rabbi Jeffery Myers, Rabbi & Cantor of Tree of Life Synagogue listens to Major Elliot Garrett, Chief Washington Correspondent for CBS News, during the Eradicate Hate Global Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center downtown Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Ryan Haile of Ross joined several of his UMPC colleagues in planting bulbs along a brick wall near Lake Elizabeth at Allegheny Commons Park on the North Side on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. The bulbs will bloom in late spring and early summer. More than 100 UPMC employees volunteered to work at three different parks as part of the MLK Service Project Initiative, in which employees give back to the community in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The initiative was a partnership between UPMC, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Park Rangers and Tree Pittsburgh. About two dozen UMPC employees joined park conservancy workers to plant bulbs, pick up trash, mulch, and weeds at Allegheny Commons. Volunteers also worked at McKinley Park and South Park. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Aaron Seckar of Mt. Washington joined several of his UMPC colleagues in planting bulbs along a brick wall near Lake Elizabeth at Allegheny Commons Park on the North Side on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. The bulbs will bloom in late spring and early summer. More than 100 UPMC employees volunteered to work at three different parks as part of the MLK Service Project Initiative, in which employees give back to the community in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The initiative was a partnership between UPMC, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Park Rangers and Tree Pittsburgh. About two dozen UMPC employees joined park conservancy workers to plant bulbs, pick up trash, mulch, and weeds at Allegheny Commons. Volunteers also worked at McKinley Park and South Park. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Emergency crews work to removed a large roll of sheet metal from the shoulder of the inbound lanes on I-376 near the Edgewood/Swissvale exit after tractor-trailer flipped on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, in Edgewood. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Roofers work on a building in Braddock with the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in the background on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette) #standalonePennsylvania State Representative Summer Lee (D-34) speaks during an announcement that she will run for Congress in 2022 on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, in Braddock. The Democrat representing Pennsylvania’s 34th District is seeking U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle’s seat in the House of Representatives after he announced Monday he will not run for re-election. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Paramedic Amber Schwebel, of Brookline, hugs Matt Meisenhelter, of Brookline, a Pittsburgh City Hall Employees Federal Credit Union employee who suffered a heart attack in May while at work in the City-County Building, Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at the City-County Building, Downtown. Ms. Schwebel was one of the first responders credited with saving Mr. Meisenhelter’s life. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Ken Gormley, President and Professor of Law at Duquesne University, the moderator for The First Amendment and The Communications Decency Act at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center downtown Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide for the United Nations, the Keynote speaker at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center downtown Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A horse grazes as the morning fog burns off a field on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, in Perryopolis. Temperatures for Tuesday were anticipated to break 70 degrees in the Pittsburgh region. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Don Yoho, center, of Butler, fly fishes in Neshannock Creek on Monday, Oct. 19, 2021, in Volant. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A combine cuts soybeans on farm in Wilmington Twp., Lawrence County on Monday, Oct. 19, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A horse and buggy rides by a farm in Wilmington Twp., Lawrence County on Monday, Oct. 19, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle speaks during a press conference to announce that he will not be running to re-election and plans to retire after his current term, Monday, October 18, 2021, in his office on the South Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A Port Authority employee operates a bus on Wood Street, Downtown, Sunday, October 17, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Fans of opposing teams ride Spin rental scooters on Stanwix Street, Downtown, before the Steelers game against the Seahawks, Sunday, October 17, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Tyler Rini, 11, of Mason, Ohio, throws a football while tailgating before the Steelers game against the Seahawks, Sunday, October 17, 2021, on the North Shore. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Sisters Victoria, 8, left, and Andrea Stoianova, 12, of South Park, look at and smell bundles of herbs, including sage and thyme, while Kathleen Risa, of Whitehall, identifies and describes the herbs and their uses during the Children’s Harvest Festival on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, at Oliver Miller Homestead in South Park. Risa said in the 18th century, people would use bundles of herbs, called tussie mussies, to make their home smell better. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People look at giant carved pumpkins at the Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Festival on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, at the Stacks at 3 Crossings in the Strip District. The festival included displays of giant carved pumpkins and pumpkin walls decorated with graffiti, live pumpkin carvings, glass blowing demonstrations, and various venders. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt talks with Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson during warmups, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Troy Polamalu wipes away tears with his Terrible Towel as he talks about his Hall of Fame speech during a press conference, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Fans watch as the Steelers take on the Seahawks in the first quarter, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers tight end Eric Ebron celebrates with Pat Freiermuth after he scored a touchdown against the Seahawks in the second quarter, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers linebacker Devin Bush recovers a fumble after T.J. Watt forced a fumble against Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith in overtime, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers running back Najee Harris leaps over Seahawks cornerback D.J. Reed in the fourth quarter, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
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