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 wait outside of Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety Net winter shelter, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Hampton’s Meghan Murray (10) tries to keep the ball away from Mars’ Olivia Donnelly during a girls basketball game in Mars on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.(Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Hampton’s Claire Rodgers, left, rips the ball from Mars’ Kaitlyn Pelaia, center, during a girls basketball game in Mars on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Defending at right is Hampton’s Meghan Murray. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mars’ Ava Black (5) keeps the ball away from Hampton’s Meghan Murray, left, and Sophia Kelly (20) during a girls basketball game in Mars on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.(Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Hampton’s Meghan Murray, center, tries to keep the ball away from Mars’ Vitaliana Vargo, left, and Kaitlyn Pelaia, right, during a girls basketball game in Mars on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.(Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Andrea Stolzfus, with Pennwood Farms, hauls a load of straw for the calves’ bedding on the farm Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in Berlin. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Kids look on as Alyssa Velazquez, curatorial assistant in decorative arts and design at the Carnegie Museum of Art, reads the story “Abuela’s Weave” during the museum’s Story Saturdays, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Oakland. (“Abuela” is Spanish for grandmother.) The weekly reading, which features some aspect of decorative arts to match the theme of the gallery, is followed by a craft. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Nicole Eleby, of McKees Rocks, stands inside Diiviinetime Productions LLC, the first neon psychedelic museum in Pittsburgh, during the second night of the museums two-night grand opening on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Lawrenceville. The event included neon art, vendors, and musical guests. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Duquesne’s Jackie Johnson III loses control of the ball against St. Bonaventure on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Duquesne lost 64-56. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Duquesne’s Tre Williams tries to get the ball past St. Bonaventure on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Duquesne lost 64-56. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Duquesne’s Kevin Easley Jr., tries to keep the ball away from St. Bonaventure’s Jalen Adaway on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Duquesne lost 64-56. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Duquesne’s Kevin Easley Jr. high-fives Primo Spears after a play against St. Bonaventure on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Duquesne lost 64-56. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Duquesne’s Leon Ayers III looks to get the ball past St. Bonaventure’s Jaren Holmes (5) and Osun Osunniyi on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Duquesne lost 64-56. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)North Catholic’s Max Rottmann blocks a shot by Burrell’s Macklin Bennis, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at North Catholic High School. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)North Catholic’s Max Hurray celebrates a basket against Burrell, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at North Catholic High School. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)North Catholic’s Andrew Maddalon drives to the net against Burrell’s Macklin Bennis, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at North Catholic High School. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A man takes a nap while waiting for breakfast to be served at the Catholic Charities warming center Downtown Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Marlene Lukasik, clinical director for Metro Community Health Center, passes out boxes of COVID tests during a a drive-thru COVID-19 rapid at-home test distribution event on Wallace Avenue in Wilkinsburg on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Metro Community Health Center partnered with the Wilkinsburg Police Department to organize the event. Later in the day, the police department distributed tests to 10 high rise units in the borough. Metro Community Health Center will hold another drive-thru distribution from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 22, at the Edgeworth Town Center parking lot. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Lujain Alsulimi, of Moon Township, sleds with her son, Karim Almatani, 5, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at North Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Gary Gilbert, of Greenwood, In., works on the display of a 1968 Shelby GT500KR for World of Wheels at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Lacey Kittell, of Gallitzin, bundles up her son, Jack, 4, as they wait to get into the Penguins game, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins fans brave the cold as they walk up Centre Ave, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Oliver Citywide Academy is on lockdown as city and school police investigate a shooting outside of the school on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Oliver Citywide Academy is on lockdown as city and school police investigate a shooting outside of the school on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Oliver Citywide Academy is on lockdown as city and school police investigate a shooting outside of the school on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
A pedestrian uses the cleared Claus Avenue for their commute Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
A view of Perry South, the North Side, and the Downtown Pittsburgh skyline covered in snow, photographed Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, in Perry South neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Liz Barre and Sarah Stapleton, both Carnegie Mellon University students living in Squirrel Hill, ride an inflatable tube down Flagstaff Hill, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, in Oakland, Pa. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Josh Hill looks for work shoveling driveways and walkways along Bryson Avenue in Emsworth on Center Avenue in Emsworth, Pa. on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A winter storm dumped several inches of snow on the Pittsburgh region overnight. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mike Goode digs his car out on Peebles Avenue Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, in Wilkinsburg, Pa. Goode was on his way to Seven Springs to take a close friend’s teenage children to ski for the first time. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Emily Heller shovels the walkway in front of a neighbor’s house on Center Avenue in Emsworth, Pa. on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A winter storm dumped several inches of snow on the Pittsburgh region overnight. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)By 12 noon, Camp Horne Road in Emsworth was clear but residents were busy clearing snow from their driveways and sidewalks in Emsworth, Pa. on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A winter storm dumped several inches of snow on the Pittsburgh region overnight. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Joop Offerman from Pt. Breeze skiís around the Homewood Cemetery Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, in Squirrel Hill, Pa. Offerman says he doesnít miss a chance to ski. I love it, he said, ìthereís not enough opportunity to get out. Whenever the weather is right, Offerman skiís the perimeter of the cemetery. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)The icy Allegheny River and snow-covered North Shore in Pittsburgh, Pa., is seen from the Andy Warhol Bridge, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The icy Allegheny River and snow-covered Downtown Pittsburgh, Pa., skyline is seen from the Andy Warhol Bridge, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A worker clears snow from a sidewalk, Downtown Pittsburgh, Pa, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Caroline Salwen and Eliza Fitch, both University of Pittsburgh students living in Oakland, sled down Flagstaff Hill, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, in Oakland, Pa. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Jeffrey Stasko, the owner of the Inn on the Mexican War Streets, and Tim, who declined to give his last name, an employee of the inn, clear snow from the sidewalks, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, on the North Side, Pa. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)John Tadler took a short break to listen to daughter Alice, 5, announce that her hands were cold from shoveling the snow in front of the family’s home on Hiland Avenue in Emsworth on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A winter storm dumped several inches of snow on the Pittsburgh region overnight. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Snow, a four-year-old American Staffordshire Terrier runs through the snow with his companion, Marlin Rayney from Wilkinsburg in tow during his morning walk/run along Braddock Avenue Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, in Wilkinsburg. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Rocky and Piper play tug-of-war in the snow in Allegheny Commons Park, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, on the North Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Elsa and Ana lead a dance party during Elsa & Ana’s Magic Makeovers hosted by Enchanted Experiences and Capes and Crowns on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at Capes and Crowns in Plum. The event included makeovers, dancing, and story time with Elsa and Ana. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A snowplow truck waits at a stoplight on Liberty Avenue in Lawrenceville as snow falls during a winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A person sweeps away snow on the sidewalk on 44th Street in Lawrenceville as snow falls during a winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A person carries their dog as they cross Butler Street in Lawrenceville as snow falls during a winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A snowplow truck makes its way down Butler Street in Lawrenceville as snow falls during a winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People walk in the snow on Butler Street in Lawrenceville during a winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A sign on McKnight Road in Ross warns travelers of the incoming winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Pedestrians cross Roberto Clemente Bridge, Downtown, as snow begins to fall during a winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian uses an umbrella as they cross Liberty Avenue, Downtown, as snow begins to fall during a winter storm that will impact the region on Sunday night, Jan. 16, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A train goes by as part of the Miniature Railroad and Village at the Carnegie Science Center’s Locomotion Weekend on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at the Science Center on the North Shore. The railroad and village include representations of historical aspects of Western Pennsylvania from 1940 and earlier, including the first game played at Forbes Field. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People look at train displays from the Pittsburgh S-Gaugers during the Carnegie Science Center’s Locomotion Weekend on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at the Science Center on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Neighbors and best friends Malcolm Ward, 2, left, and Mariela Giugale, 3, of Squirrel Hill, watch as a model train from the Train Collectors Association Kids Club goes by during the Carnegie Science Center’s Locomotion Weekend on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at the Science Center on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Avery O’Leary, 3, gets her eye shadow done by Caleigh Bunting, owner of Enchanted Experiences, during Elsa & Ana’s Magic Makeovers hosted by Enchanted Experiences and Capes and Crowns on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at Capes and Crowns in Plum. The event included makeovers, dancing, and story time with Elsa and Ana. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Ana and Elsa read an ice games story during Elsa & Ana’s Magic Makeovers hosted by Enchanted Experiences and Capes and Crowns on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at Capes and Crowns in Plum. The event included makeovers, dancing, and story time with Elsa and Ana. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A sign prohibiting empty trailers and loaded doubles after 3 p.m. on Sunday can be seen along 376 West on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Birds stand on a patch of ice in the Allegheny River on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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