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.
Upper St. Clair’s Kate Robbins prepares to shoot against South Fayette defender’s Ava Leroux (2) and Maddie Webber during a girls high school basketball game at Fayette in McDonald on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Opera singer Marianne Cornetti acknowledges applause after singing holiday songs in the courtyard at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital in Oakland as part of the facility’s Holidays of the Heart gift presentation on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. This is the second year of the program, in which more than 300 gift baskets were given to patients treated at the Oakland facility and residential locations. Age appropriate gift baskets included blankets, clothing, socks, hats, puzzles, stuffed animals and coloring books. Cornetti is artistic director of the Pittsburgh Opera Festival. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Opera singer Marianne Cornetti acknowledges applause after singing holiday songs in the courtyard at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital in Oakland as part of the facility’s Holidays of the Heart gift presentation on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. This is the second year of the program, in which more than 300 gift baskets were given to patients treated at the Oakland facility and residential locations. Age appropriate gift baskets included blankets, clothing, socks, hats, puzzles, stuffed animals and coloring books. Cornetti is artistic director of the Pittsburgh Opera Festival. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Opera singer Kevin Glavin belts out the Christmas tune “Santa Clauses is Coming to Town” in the courtyard at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital in Oakland as part of the facility’s Holidays of the Heart gift presentation on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. This is the second year of the program, in which more than 300 gift baskets were given to patients treated at the Oakland facility and residential locations. Age appropriate gift baskets included blankets, clothing, socks, hats, puzzles, stuffed animals and coloring books. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Pitt women’s volleyball at Columbus, Ohio playing Nebraska in the NCAA semi-finals Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. They split the first two sets. Unfortunately, Pitt fell to Nebraska after the Pitt women put up an impressive performance. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Dylan Edinger, Branden Brunson and Cody Ebersole, students in aviation mechanics at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics work on a plane for class at the Allegheny County Airport Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in West Mifflin, Pa. As part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Plan voted by Congress recently, Pennsylvania will see $70 million for airports, according to Sen. Bob Casey’s office. Of that, more than $11M will be heading to Pittsburgh International. Every airport in southwest Pa. will be getting some funds. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Blair from Shaler Township gets a hug for his volunteer efforts during the annual Toys for Tots distribution Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger talks to teammates during practice, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers running back Najee Harris, fullback Derek Watt and running back Benny Snell Jr. work through drills during practice, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith works through drills during practice, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt warms up during practice, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Employees of Geotechnics from East Pittsburgh unload 19 bikes purchased with donations from the companies employees at the Toys for Tots temporary warehouse Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Sgt. Cristin Osornio, the supply chief for U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Bravo Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group and organizer for the Southwestern Toys for Tots, carries bags of toys to load for one of many organizations picking up toys from their temporary warehouse Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Students leave McKeesport Area Senior High School at the end of the school day, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in McKeesport. The McKeesport Area School District made mask-wearing optional starting Monday after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ended the statewide mandate requiring all students, staff and visitors to wear face coverings in schools. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian wearing a t-shirt crosses the 16th Street bridge on an unusually warm day, Dec. 13, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Keith Olash, of Etna, a trustee with the Allegheny Elks Lodge, hands out a bag of cleaning supplies donated by the Elks Lodge during the Veterans Leadership Program’s monthly Military Share food distribution for veterans and military families in need, a partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in the Strip District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Volunteers and staff members hand out food and other essential items during the Veterans Leadership Program’s monthly Military Share food distribution for veterans and military families in need, a partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in the Strip District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Volunteers Erin Schuetz, of Oakmont, and Keith Olash, of Etna, organize food boxes and direct traffic during the Veterans Leadership Program’s monthly Military Share food distribution for veterans and military families in need, a partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in the Strip District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian walks through the intersection of 21st and Railroad streets in the Strip District on an unusually warm day, Dec. 13, 2021. In the foreground is St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, which rises a few blocks away at 21st and Smallman streets. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mike Rutherford, left, and Phil Collins perform “Mama” with Genesis on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, at PPG Paints Arena. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon cheerleaders walk in a victory parade for the Mt. Lebanon football team as they return home after winning a state championship on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, on Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Veronica Yeschke, left, and Rain Gregg, both of Ross, play Dance Evolution, a Japanese dancing video game, at Tekko, a Japanese pop culture convention organized by the Pittsburgh Japanese Culture Society, on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Joshua Witten of Oakland holds a sign that reads “Black Lives Matter” by the intersection of Centre Ave. and S Aiken Ave. outside of First United Methodist Church in Shadyside at a community prayer vigil for Jim Rogers organized by the Religious Society of Friends on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. Jim Rogers was tased by Pittsburgh police on Oct. 13 and died in the hospital on Oct. 14. Attendees prayed and chanted “strengthen our commitment to end lethal white supremacy.” (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)Ashlee Doris, of Washington, D.C., pets Merlin the 16-year-old cockatoo with Heart and Soul Parrot Rescue at Tekko, a Japanese pop culture convention organized by the Pittsburgh Japanese Culture Society, on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People walk around Tekko, a Japanese pop culture convention organized by the Pittsburgh Japanese Culture Society, on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A crane operator waits to lift train and car parts from a train that derailed after running into a rock slide along Route 837 in Baldwin Borough on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. Two locomotives and five cars from a Norfolk Southern train derailed. (Clare Sheedy/Post-Gazette)
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