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.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs during Concert for Peace: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a concert led by Music Director Manfred Honeck with special guests to benefit humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Heinz Hall Downtown. Although the concert was free of charge, attendees were asked to make donations through the PSO partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Ukrainian violinist Marta Krechkovsky performs a solo of “Melody” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during Concert for Peace: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a concert led by Music Director Manfred Honeck with special guests to benefit humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Heinz Hall Downtown. Although the concert was free of charge, attendees were asked to make donations through the PSO partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Duquesne University Voices of Spirit perform during Concert for Peace: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a concert led by Music Director Manfred Honeck with special guests to benefit humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Heinz Hall Downtown. Although the concert was free of charge, attendees were asked to make donations through the PSO partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Duquesne University Voices of Spirit, Pittsburgh Youth Chorus, and Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artists perform the Ukrainian National Anthem at the end of Concert for Peace: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a concert led by Music Director Manfred Honeck with special guests to benefit humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Heinz Hall Downtown. Although the concert was free of charge, attendees were asked to make donations through the PSO partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Duquesne University Voices of Spirit performs during Concert for Peace: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a concert led by Music Director Manfred Honeck with special guests to benefit humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Heinz Hall Downtown. Although the concert was free of charge, attendees were asked to make donations through the PSO partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs during Concert for Peace: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a concert led by Music Director Manfred Honeck with special guests to benefit humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Heinz Hall Downtown. Although the concert was free of charge, attendees were asked to make donations through the PSO partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The audience applauds after the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Duquesne University Voices of Spirit, Pittsburgh Youth Chorus, and Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artists perform the Ukrainian National Anthem at the end of Concert for Peace: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a concert led by Music Director Manfred Honeck with special guests to benefit humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Heinz Hall Downtown. Although the concert was free of charge, attendees were asked to make donations through the PSO partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs during Concert for Peace: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a concert led by Music Director Manfred Honeck with special guests to benefit humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Heinz Hall Downtown. Although the concert was free of charge, attendees were asked to make donations through the PSO partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People, many of them friends and classmates of Dayvon Vickers, a 15-year-old Westinghouse Academy student who was fatally shot Wednesday, gather for a prayer to begin a protest and memorial event near the intersection of North Homewood Avenue and Frankstown Avenue, the site of the shooting, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Homewood. The event was organized by classmates and friends of Dayvon, who was known as “Day Day” by friends and family. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Mayor Ed Gainey greets Westinghouse Academy social worker Cherise Mann as she and others gather at the intersection of North Homewood Avenue and Frankstown Avenue with balloons to honor Dayvon Vickers, a 15-year-old Westinghouse Academy student who was fatally shot near the intersection Wednesday, during a protest and memorial event, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Homewood. The event was organized by classmates and friends of Dayvon, who was known as “Day Day” by friends and family. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Westinghouse Academy social worker Cherise Mann comforts Sanai Carey, 16, of East Liberty, a Westinghouse student, as she became emotional while preparing to speak about her classmate and friend Dayvon Vickers, a 15-year-old Westinghouse Academy student who was fatally shot Wednesday, during a protest and memorial event at the site of the shooting, the intersection of North Homewood Avenue and Frankstown Avenue, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Homewood. The event was organized by classmates and friends of Dayvon, who was known as “Day Day” by friends and family. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A woman sheds a tear as she listens to Westinghouse Academy students speak about their classmate and friend Dayvon Vickers, a 15-year-old Westinghouse Academy student who was fatally shot Wednesday, during a protest and memorial event at the site of the shooting, the intersection of North Homewood Avenue and Frankstown Avenue, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Homewood. The event was organized by classmates and friends of Dayvon, who was known as “Day Day” by friends and family. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The grandmother of Dayvon Vickers, a 15-year-old Westinghouse Academy student who was fatally shot Wednesday, hugs one of his classmates and friends Raniaya Williams, 16, of Homewood, after she spoke about her grandson during a protest and memorial event at the site of the shooting, the intersection of North Homewood Avenue and Frankstown Avenue, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Homewood. The event was organized by classmates and friends of Dayvon, who was known as “Day Day” by friends and family. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A boy cries as he listens to Westinghouse Academt students speak about their classmate and friend Dayvon Vickers, a 15-year-old Westinghouse Academy student who was fatally shot Wednesday, during a protest and memorial event at the site of the shooting, the intersection of North Homewood Avenue and Frankstown Avenue, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Homewood. The event was organized by classmates and friends of Dayvon, who was known as “Day Day” by friends and family. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Anglers fish for trout in Pine Creek in Shaler on the first day of legal trout fishing in Pennsylvania, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A group of anglers fish for trout in Pine Creek in Shaler on the first day of legal trout fishing in Pennsylvania, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A group of anglers fish for trout in Pine Creek in Shaler on the first day of legal trout fishing in Pennsylvania, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Eric Hill, of the South Side, prepares a rod for trout in North Park Lake in McCandless on the first day of legal trout fishing in Pennsylvania, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Constance Jones, of Wilkinsburg, presents her business Sometimes I Cheat during a pitch competition for new or emerging food and agricultural businesses sponsored by Chatham’s Center for Regional Agriculture, Food and Transformation (CRAFT) at the Esther Barazzone Center on Chatham’s Eden Hall campus in Gibsonia, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Ed Ferguson of Wilkinsburg checks out different types of bait while visiting Compound Bait and Tackle in Wilkinsburg on Friday, April 1, 2022. Those planning to fish on opening day of trout season stopped in to discuss fishing and pick up bait, including small minnows, maggots and wax worms, said shop owner J. McAtee. He opened the shop a few weeks ago in a small building near Wallace Avenue. People stopped by on Friday to talk about fishing and buy bait for trout. Ferguson ended up purchasing small minnows. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
George Logan of Wilkinsburg describes a trout he once caught while visiting Compound Bait and Tackle, located around the corner from his house, on Friday, April 1, 2022. Listening at right is bait shop owner J. McAtee. Those planning to fish on the opening day of trout season stopped in to discuss fishing and pick up bait, including small minnows, maggots and wax worms, said McAtee, who opened his shop a few weeks ago. Logan searched the internet for a nearby bait shop on Friday morning. When he discovered McAtee’s shop, located in a small garage off of Wallace Avenue, he stopped by to check it out and talk about fishing. “People are excited we’re here,” McAtee said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)A memorial for 15-year-old Dayvon Vickers at the corner of North Homewood and Frankstown Avenue, Friday, Apr. 1, 2022, in Homewood. A memorial organized by MadDads and One Love Unity is planned near the site at 2:15pm Saturday. Vickers died after being shot while on his bike Wednesday evening. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Danielle DiVito, 36, of Moon, stands with her wife, Aubrey Divito, 35, as they listen to speakers during a Transgender Day of Visibility rally, Thursday, March 31, 2022, at the City-County Building. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Kristen Boyle, 21, of Greensburg, listens to speakers during a Transgender Day of Visibility rally, Thursday, March 31, 2022, at the City-County Building. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Linda Atkins, Wilkinsburg Borough council member, spoke in opposition to the proposed annexation of her borough by the City of Pittsburgh during a public hearing in the West End on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Atkins asked why Pittsburgh would want to annex an area described in a report as distressed. “Why would you take on Wilkinsburg if you already have distressed communities” within the city’s boundaries? she asked. Atkins suggested Pittsburgh was simply trying to boost its declining population through annexation rather than asking ”Why are people leaving?’ That’s where the answer is. Not in grabbing communities here and there,” she said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)The intersection of the 62nd Street Bridge and Butler is now open Friday, Apr. 1, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Melissa Osborn, of Bloomfield, a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, leads a yoga class choreographed to the multi-sensory and all-encompassing Immersive Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Lighthouse Artspace Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Workers get an early start on the repair of the Penn Avenue Tower at the entrance to Allegheny Cemetery before bad weather weather arrives Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Evan Huebner, of Century Steel Erectors, unfurls the American flag that’s attached to the final piece of steel that being erected at the RIDC Mill 19 building Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Hazelwood. The beam was signed by Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and other local and state officials. (Post-Gazette)Melissa Osborn, of Bloomfield, a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, leads a yoga class choreographed to the multi-sensory and all-encompassing Immersive Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Lighthouse Artspace Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A person can be seen bundled up against the cold as they walk through PPG Place on Monday, March 28, 2022, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A person walks through steam to cross the intersection at Fourth Avenue and Wood Street on Monday, March 28, 2022, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Shyaire Flohr, 16, a McKeesport Area Senior High School, shops for a prom dress during the annual Project Prom gown giveaway, Monday, March 28, 2022, in Penn Hills. Students who qualify for a free or reduced school lunch or who have a family member in the military or who is a veteran can choose a free gently used or new dress donated by local shops and the costume department of the movie Sweet Girl. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A student tries on shoes during the annual Project Prom gown giveaway, Monday, March 28, 2022, in Penn Hills. Students who qualify for a free or reduced school lunch or who have a family member in the military or who is a veteran can choose a free gently used or new dress donated by local shops and the costume department of the movie Sweet Girl. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Firefighters from Robinson and other departments battle a fatal fire Monday, March 28, 2022, in Robinson. Multiple emergency crews responded at about 7:45 a.m. to the blaze in the 2400 block of Helen Street. (Post-Gazette)Firefighters from Robinson and other departments battle a fatal fire Monday, March 28, 2022, in Robinson. Multiple emergency crews responded at about 7:45 a.m. to the blaze in the 2400 block of Helen Street. (Post-Gazette)Michelle Gainey, the wife of Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, speaks with a group of local artists selected to participate in the Pittsburgh Paints initiative for Women’s History Month celebration Monday, March 28, 2022, in the Mayor’s Conference Room in the City-County Building, in Downtown, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Paints is a rotating art exhibition that uses art to celebrate the diversity of Pittsburgh. (Post-Gazette)Attorney Paul Jubas, left, and forensic pathologist, Cyril Wecht discuss the Venango County District Attorney’s decision not to charge the shooter in the death of Peter Spencer, during a press conference Downtown on Monday, March 28, 2022. Spencer was shot multiple times in December at a Venango County cabin. “The story puzzles the hell out of me,” Wecht said at one point. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Forensic pathologist, Cyril Wecht discusses the Venango County District Attorney’s decision not to charge the shooter in the death of Peter Spencer, during a press conference Downtown on Monday, March 28, 2022. Spencer was shot multiple times in December at a Venango County cabin. “The story puzzles the hell out of me,” Wecht said at one point. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Attendees react as drag queens Amneeja Schnackenmuff and Dixie Surewood lead a round of bingo during Bubbe Bingo Brunch, an event organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburghs Young Adult Division to raise money for the federations 2022 Community Campaign and its Ukraine Relief Fund, Sunday, March 27, 2022, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Drag queen Amneeja Schnackenmuff, center, checks the bingo card of Heather Goldstein, of Squirrel Hill, second from right, who won the first round of bingo at Bubbe Bingo Brunch, an event organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburghs Young Adult Division to raise money for the federations 2022 Community Campaign and its Ukraine Relief Fund, Sunday, March 27, 2022, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Heather Goldstein, of Squirrel Hill, reacts after drag queen Amneeja Schnackenmuff checked her bingo card and announced her as the winner of the first round of bingo at Bubbe Bingo Brunch, an event organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburghs Young Adult Division to raise money for the federations 2022 Community Campaign and its Ukraine Relief Fund, Sunday, March 27, 2022, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Alice Carnes, of Edgewood, picks out a ceramic bowl during the Empty Bowls event which benefits the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Just Harvest, Sunday, March 27, 2022, at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Oakland. Empty Bowls attendees receive a meal and a ceramic bowl to take home. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A person drives in snowy conditions in Point Breeze North, Sunday, March 27, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Cyclists ride in cold and snowy conditions in Schenley Park, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A person walks through snowy grass at the Schenley Park Overlook, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The North Park Water Tower is seen on Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Gibsonia. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The North Park Water Tower is seen on Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Gibsonia. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Penguins right winger Rickard Rakell gets a shot on Red Wings goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic in the first period, Sunday, March 27, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
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