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.
People dressed as puppets by Studio Capezzuti march down Penn Avenue in the New Year’s Eve parade during Highmark First Night Pittsburgh on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People watch as the New Year’s Eve parade makes its way down Penn Avenue during Highmark First Night Pittsburgh on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)From left, siblings Brooklyn, 7, Jaxon, 10, and Myla Bezilla, 11, all of Keller, Texas, watch the Dollar Bank Childrens Fireworks during Highmark First Night Pittsburgh on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, at the event’s family zone on Penn Avenue Downtown. They are visiting relatives in Shaler. for the holidays. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Marla Guttman, left, of Squirrel Hill talks to her husband Mark Matthew Covey and their eight-month-old daughter Ada Covey as they stand near one of the inflatable rabbits that are part of the INTRUDE exhibit during Highmark First Night Pittsburgh on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in the Trust Oasis Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Sisters Mackenzie Hill, 8, left, and Maddie Hill, 6, both of Latrobe, dance during the Baby Rave with DJ RBNOUS during Highmark First Night Pittsburgh on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, at the event’s Dollar Bank Stage on Seventh Street Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Allegheny County Common Pleas Court President Judge Kim Berkeley Clark, left, swears in Tiffany Sizemore Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in the Frick Building in Downtown. Sizemore is among 8 new judges that will be sworn in. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)The toy soldier collection of Ron Livingstone from Edgewood on display at the Heinz History Center’s “A Very Merry Pittsburgh” exhibit featuring keepsakes, artifacts, film and ephemera showing how Western Pennsylvania has celebrated Christmas through the years Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Children and adults enjoy an afternoon of skating at the Neville Roller Drome Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Neville Island. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Children and adults enjoy an afternoon of skating at the Neville Roller Drome Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Neville Island. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Matt Fallon with Fallon Electric in Castle Shannon checks one of 15 new dual hose electric vehicle (EV) charging stations the company installed at the Second Avenue Parking Plaza Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Workers with Flyspeck Productions set up the Fire and Ice Plaza stage at the corner of Penn Avenue and 8th Street Downtown in preparation for tomorrows Highmark First Night celebrations Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Fans sit apart as they watch Chartiers Valley High School take on North Catholic High School, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, at North Allegheny Senior High School in McCandless. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Sadie Giangiulio, 9, from Wilkins Township tries her skills with an Etch-A-Sketch toy on display at the Heinz History Center’s “A Very Merry Pittsburgh” exhibit featuring keepsakes, artifacts, film and ephemera showing how Western Pennsylvania have celebrated Christmas through the years Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in the Strip District. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Pitt’s Chris Payton gets around Notre Dame’s Nate Laszewski on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pitt’s John Hugley tries to get the ball around Notre Dame’s Nate Laszewski on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pitt’s Onyebuchi Ezeakudo watches as Notre Dame’s Blake Wesley narrowly misses his pass on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pitt’s John Hugley catches a rebound from Notre Dame on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pitt’s Jamarius Burton passes the ball against Notre Dame on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Sarah Glick, of Squirrel Hill, helps her son Harrison, 3, swab his nose while getting tested for COVID-19 at the Curative testing van parked off Wightman Street in Squirrel Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. Ms. Glick says they are getting tested as a precaution before visiting her mother. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A staff member directs people at the Curative COVID-19 testing van parked off Wightman Street in Squirrel Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Jennifer Ott from Aspinwall and River Young from Trafford, make their way around the ice rink at Winterfest at The Frick in Point Breeze Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, in Pittsburgh. The Winterfest events including horse-drawn carriage rides, walking tours and Winter Lights during the evenings continue through Sunday, Jan. 2. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Jim Wells, from Cecil, and steed Sophie from Mike’s Carriage Service provides horse-drawn carriage rides at the first-ever Winterfest at The Frick in Point Breeze Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, in Pittsburgh. The Winterfest events including ice skating on a pop-up skating rink, walking tours and Winter Lights during the evenings continue through Sunday, Jan. 2. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson fumbles against the Chiefs in the third quarter, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu recovers a fumble by Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson in the third quarter, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Chiefs defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton forces a fumble on Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the fourth quarter, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger greets Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes after their game, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger heads back to the sideline after throwing an interception against the Chiefs in the first quarter, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, at Paul Brown Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes scrambles against Steelers defensive end Taco Charlton in the first quarter, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, at Paul Brown Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward intercepts a ball intended for Steelers wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud in the first quarter, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, at Paul Brown Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
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