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.
Sim Eon, of Polish Hill, looks at different items from Celeste Ehrhardt’s table at the Car Bazaar Parking Garage Flea Market at Forbes & Smithfield Parking Garage on Saturday, May 14, 2022, Downtown. Ehrhardt said he was looking for Victorian mourning pins, without much luck, but was planning to buy a candle holder from Ehrhardt. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Second Lieutenant Kyle Truesdale, third from left, poses for a photo with his parents Jody Truesdale and Ramie Truesdale, of Middletown, Pa., during the Steel City Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps 2022 commissioning ceremony on Saturday, May 14, 2022, inside the Mellon Institute auditorium in Oakland. Colonel Stephen Lightfoot, who has flown more than 3700 hours as a Marine, reacts behind them as it’s announced that Second Lieutenant Truesdale will pursue a career as a pilot in the United States Marine Corps. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Second Lieutenant Kyle Truesdale, hugs his father Ramie Truesdale, of Middletown, Pa., during the Steel City Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps 2022 commissioning ceremony on Saturday, May 14, 2022, inside the Mellon Institute auditorium in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Rally participants listen to speakers during Pittsburgh’s Bans Off Our Bodies rally on Saturday, May 14, 2022, outside the City-County Building Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Summer Lee and Ed Gainey talk to people in the crowd during Pittsburgh’s Bans Off Our Bodies rally on Saturday, May 14, 2022, outside the City-County Building Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Rally participants march down Fifth Avenue during Pittsburgh’s Bans Off Our Bodies rally on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Rally participants march down Fifth Avenue during Pittsburgh’s Bans Off Our Bodies rally on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Rally participants react to speakers during Pittsburgh’s Bans Off Our Bodies rally on Saturday, May 14, 2022, outside the City-County Building Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey holds the microphone out to the crowd during Pittsburgh’s Bans Off Our Bodies rally on Saturday, May 14, 2022, outside the City-County Building Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Rally participants march down Fifth Avenue during Pittsburgh’s Bans Off Our Bodies rally on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue makes a save against the Rangers in the second period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad celebrates after scoring against Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue in the third period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. The series is 3-3 after the Rangers won. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins center Jeff Carter celebrates after scoring against Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin in the first period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A young fan reacts after the New York Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. The series is 3-3 after the Rangers won. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A fan reacts after New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad scored against Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue in the third period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. The series is 3-3 after the Rangers won. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A Penguins fan boos Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin in the first period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins fans celebrate after center Jeff Carter scored against Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin in the first period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins center Evgeni Malkin celebrates after scoring against the Rangers in the second period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Rangers left winger Chris Kreider scores on Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue in the second period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Rangers left winger Chris Kreider celebrates after scoring on Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue in the second period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)New York Rangers center Mike Zibanejad congratulates left winger Chris Kreider after the scored on Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue in the second period, Friday, May 13, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. The series is 3-3 after the Rangers won. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Kaity Degolier, a junior at Avonworth, and Hunter Blackson, a sophomore at Avonworth, look at the penguins during Avonworth’s junior/senior prom on Friday, May 13, 2022, at Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Avonworth students dance during their junior/senior prom on Friday, May 13, 2022, at Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Avonworth students dance to the “Cupid Shuffle” during their junior/senior prom on Friday, May 13, 2022, at Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Avonworth students stand near the balcony on the upper level of the PPG Aquarium during their junior/senior prom on Friday, May 13, 2022, at Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Avonworth High School senior Nathaniel Boyd, second from left, takes a photo of, from left, junior Catrina Raich, and seniors Killian Horigan and Leinala Cabrera as they wait for the shuttle to arrive to take them to the aquarium for their prom on Friday, May 13, 2022, at Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Sydney Washington, graduating with a degree in Sociology and Communication Studies and Duquesne University President, Kenneth G. Gormley take a selfie before the Commencement Ceremony for McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Friday, May 13, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A Duquesne University student gives thumbs up to her people in the audience at the Commencement Ceremony for McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Friday, May 13, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Thoughts from a Duquesne University student during the Commencement Ceremony for McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Friday, May 13, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Rangers centers Andrew Copp and Ryan Strome tussle with Penguins center Teddy Blueger in the third period, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)From left, second grade students Ornella Christine, Maddox Cain, Alex Jandrasits, and Marco Martorella place pennies in a boat they constructed out of aluminum foil to see how many the boat could hold before sinking on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at Fred L. Aiken Elementary School in Greentree. Ten-thousand children throughout Pennsylvania are making and testing their boats as a kick off to Remake Learning Days, the world’s largest open house of learning with free family events all through May. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Second grade student Garrett Adair reacts as his group places pennies on a boat they constructed out of aluminum foil to see how many the boat could hold before sinking on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at Fred L. Aiken Elementary School in Greentree. The students’ boat was able to hold 60 pennies before sinking. Ten-thousand children throughout Pennsylvania are making and testing their boats as a kick off to Remake Learning Days, the world’s largest open house of learning with free family events all through May. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Christian Loeffler, 23, of Castle Shannon, catches some rays at Point State Park on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Dawn Edelstein, a Living at Home nurse, escorted by Michael Pasternak, an employee of Carson Towers, models her skirt ensemble at the Twilight Wish Foundation Fashion show at the retirement community Wednesday, May, 11, 2022, in Pittsburgh. Residents of the complex were treated to the spring fashion show sponsored by the Allegheny County chapter of the foundation. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Percy Mack of the search firm BWP & Associates answers questions during a community forum in which members of the public discussed the qualities they want to see in the next city schools superintendent at Westinghouse Academy in Homewood on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Joe Jodikinos discusses the vegetables available at his family’s booth at the Bethel Park Farmers Market at South Park on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Penguins center Sidney Crosby is slow to get up after taking a hit against the Rangers in the first period, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Rangers left winger Alexis Lafreniere celebrates his goal against the Penguins in the second period, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins center Evgeni Malkin congratulates defenseman Kris Letang on his goal against the Rangers in the second period, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Rangers left winger Artemi Panarin and center Ryan Strome celebrate a goal by defenseman Jacob Trouba against Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue in the second period, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson and center Evgeni Malkin congratulate left winger Jake Guentzel on his goal against the Rangers in the second period to tie the game at 3-3, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins center Sidney Crosby works against Rangers defenseman KAndre Miller in the first period, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins goaltender Louis Domingue makes a save against Rangers center Filip Chytil in the first period, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Rangers defenseman Justin Braun puts a hit on Penguins left winger Brock McGinn in the first period, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Madison Square Garden. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)The Highland Park Bridge from Fireman’s Memorial Park Tuesday, May, 10, 2022, in Pittsburgh (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Representatives of the Port Authority Police Department run through Market Square at they complete their leg of the Be a Fan Law Enforcement Torch Run, a 150-mile relay run across the region that takes place over three days to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Pennsylvania, Monday, May 10, 2022, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Representatives of the Pennsylvania State Police begin their leg of the Be a Fan Law Enforcement Torch Run, a 150-mile relay run across the region that takes place over three days to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Pennsylvania, Monday, May 10, 2022, in Market Square, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A runner looks over as he passes on the Sixteenth Street Bridge as demolition work continues at 1501 Penn Avenue, the former New Federal Cold Storage warehouse, also known as the old Wholey Building, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in the Strip District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Demolition work continues on 1501 Penn Avenue, the former New Federal Cold Storage warehouse, also known as the old Wholey Building, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in the Strip District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Sto-Rox Primary Center lunch ladies prepare to distribute bagged breakfast and lunches at the Pleasant Ridge apartment complex Tuesday, May, 10, 2022, in McKees Rocks. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Beavers Grace Thompson (2) and her teammates celebrate her first ever home run as she rounds the bases during their game against Montour, Monday, May 9, 2022, at Ellis Field in Beaver. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Montour’s Paytun Wiernik (12) prepares to catch the ball as Beavers Meghan Boyd (54) slides into home base to score, Monday, May 9, 2022, at Ellis Field in Beaver. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Pirates’ Michael Chavis gets safely past Dodgers’ catcher Austin Barnes to score the Pirates first run of the game on Monday, May 9, 2022, at PNC Park on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pirates’ Jake Marisnick, left, prepares to throw the ball in after making a diving catch in center field against the Dodgers on Monday, May 9, 2022, at PNC Park on the North Shore. The Pirates won 5-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Penguins defenseman Kris Letang upends Rangers center Filip Chytil in the first period, Monday, May 9, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins center Teddy Blueger collides with Rangers goaltender Alexander Georgiev in the third period, Monday, May 9, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins left winger Danton Heinen celebrates after scoring a goal against Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin in the second period, Monday, May 9, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Penguins left winger Jake Guentzel and right winger Bryan Rust congratulate center Sidney Crosby on a goal against the Rangers in the first period, Monday, May 9, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Artist Cory Bonnet poses for a portrait amongst his exhibition space in the Energy Innovation Center, Monday, May 9, 2022, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Steel industry artifacts are displayed in a portion of artist Cory Bonnets exhibition space in the Energy Innovation Center, Monday, May 9, 2022, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Jeremy Goodman, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, at the zoo on Monday, May 9, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Artifacts from the steel industry are displayed in artist Cory Bonnetís studio in the Energy Innovation Center, Monday, May 9, 2022, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Owen Eswein, 3, of Bellevue, eats an ice ball from Gus and YiaYia’s on Monday, May 9, 2022, on West Ohio Street on the North Side. Eswein’s mother Erica O’Leary said getting ice balls from Gus and YiaYia’s has been a family tradition for generations. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Debris has been cleared around the Regent Square bridge abutment Monday, May, 9, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Meghan Arnold of Wt. Washington took advantage of seasonal temperatures and read a book about Greek mythology at the Mary E. Schenley Memorial Fountain in Oakland on Monday, May 9, 2022. Arnold, a rising senior at Pitt, is studying art history. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Arica Greenhow gives her daughter Charlotte Greenhow, 1, a kiss after she is sworn in as a new paramedic with the City of Pittsburgh EMS Monday, May 9, 2022, in the City-County Building in Downtown. (Post-Gazette)Leah Harmel, 16, of Green Tree, a West Hills Youth Softball player, organizes bows while working the Mother’s Day gift wrapping station, a fundraising event for the softball organization, at the Mall at Robinson, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Robinson. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Peter Slavov and Uri Gurvich, of the Uri Gurvich Quartet, perform a concert to kickoff the 18th annual Jazz Poetry Month at City of Asylum on the North Side, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian carries Mother’s Day balloons down Federal Street on the North Side, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Carlow University graduates look around for family and friends before the start of the commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Carlow University graduates react on stage after receiving their diplomas during the commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Carlow University graduate Tiffany Johnson, right, hugs Carlow University president Kathy Humphrey after receiving her doctor of nursing practice during the commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Carlow University graduates listen to speakers during the commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Crews respond to a water main break on Sunday, May 8, 2022, on Second Avenue in Elizabeth. There was a water main break on the same street on Friday. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Crews respond to a water main break on Sunday, May 8, 2022, on Second Avenue in Elizabeth. There was a water main break on the same street on Friday. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Audience members hold up the names of writers who have been persecuted, censored, imprisoned, or otherwise harmed for their work as a show of support for the right to free speech at the start of a concert featuring the Uri Gurvich Quartet to kickoff the 18th annual Jazz Poetry Month at City of Asylum on the North Side, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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