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 Beaver Valley Expressway frames a view of the Shell Pennsylvania ethylene cracker plant Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Monaca. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Maria Cooper, 35, visiting from Maryland, is being offered to have her groceries paid for at Trader Joe’s in East Liberty on Friday, July 1, 2022. Wharton Curtis Creative Agency is paying for people’s gas and groceries at random throughout the summer. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Evie Scheele, 19, of O’Hara Township, hugs Robert Hohn, 56, of North Hills, with one hand on her mom’s, Heather Scheele, 47, shoulder at Trader Joe’s in East Liberty on Friday, July 1, 2022. She and her mother got their groceries paid for by the company Hohn works for, Wharton Curtis Creative Agency, as part of their “Pay if Forward” giveaway. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Fans take cover on a home run ball hit by Pirates first baseman Michael Chavis against the Brewers in the third inning, Saturday, July 2, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Furries interact with onlookers of the Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries pose for the annual Fursuit Group Photo at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries interact with onlookers of the Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries interact with onlookers of the Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)People watch the annual Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries interact with onlookers of the Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries interact with onlookers of the Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries walk in their Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries interact with onlookers of the Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries interact with onlookers of the Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)The annual Fursuit Parade outside of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. at the Anthrocon Convention Center. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Purple furries pose for a group photo after the Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries play with bubbles after walking in the annual Fursuit Parade at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Furries pose for the annual Fursuit Group Photo at the Anthrocon Convention at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 2, 2022, Downtown. Furries shut down the street of Penn Ave., between 9th and 11th St., for their annual Fursuit Parade and Block Party. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Bo Jangles takeshis time making it through the race at his own pace during the special needs race at the 17th Annual Wiener 100 at Kennywood on Saturday, July 2, 2022. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Doug Chrobot, 50, and Laura Chrobot, 52, take off Scooter’s bandana and put on his leash after winning the over-12-pounds rookie race at the 17th Annual Wiener 100 at Kennywood on Saturday, July 2, 2022. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Dachshunds run to their owners at the finish line in the grand champions race at the 17th Annual Wiener 100 at Kennywood on Saturday, July 2, 2022. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Lisa Grublis, of Level Green, talks with Jess Scutella, a tattoo artist at Kyklops Tattoo on the South Side, as they begin tattooing a flash tattoo peice for which all the profits will go to the Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choice, a non-profit organization that supports access to abortions, during a daylong event to raise money for the organization, Saturday, July 2, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Jess Scutella, a tattoo artist at Kyklops Tattoo on the South Side, photographs a completed tattoo on Lisa Grublis, of Level Green, during a daylong event to raise money for the Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choice, a non-profit organization that supports access to abortions, Saturday, July 2, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Tammy Lee, right, of Brookline, gets tattooed by Jess Scutella, left, a tattoo artist at Kyklops Tattoo on the South Side, as Ms. Lees husband William Higgins and friend Drew Leigh Williams, of Perry South, look on, during a daylong event to raise money for the Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choice, a non-profit organization that supports access to abortions, Saturday, July 2, 2022. Mr. Higgins and Ms. Williams also got tattooed to support the cause. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
People wait in the lobby of Kyklops Tattoo on the South Side to get tattooed during an event to raise money for the Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choice, a non-profit organization that supports access to abortions, Saturday, July 2, 2022. Tattoo artist Jess Scutella donated their time to do the flash pieces with all the profits from the tattoos going to the organization. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh police Chief Scott Schubert throws out the first pitch before the Pirates take on the Brewers, Friday, July 1, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes scores against Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes in the sixth inning, Friday, July 1, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates pitching coach Oscar Marin talks with starting pitcher Roansy Contreras as they take on the Brewers in the second inning, Friday, July 1, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Character Eigen Rovak which withheld a personal name, left, hugs Robert Armstrong, character name Chiaroscuro, at the Anthrocon convention on Friday, July 1, 2022, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Professional players of the traditional Japanese instrument the Wadaiko, characters Sumitomo, left, and Yukitan, perform for the Anthrocon convention in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Friday, July 1st, 2022. The two combined are the band Sokyokukokoh. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)American Airlines passengers check bags before their flights Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township. The airport saw an influx of travelers departing Pittsburgh before the Fourth of July holiday weekend. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)
Members of the audience watch as the Vietnam Veterans Inc. Honor Guard presents the colors and vocalist Katy Williams sings “The Star Spangled Banner” at the start of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Americana concert on Friday, July 1, 2022, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. The concert featured patriotic music as a tribute to military personnel. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs during their Americana concert on Friday, July 1, 2022, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. The concert featured patriotic music as a tribute to military personnel. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A young member of the audience watches as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs their Americana concert on Friday, July 1, 2022, at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. The concert featured patriotic music as a tribute to military personnel. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Passengers make their way through a security line Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township. The airport saw an influx of travelers departing Pittsburgh before the Fourth of July holiday weekend. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Passengers pass a security line Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township. The airport saw an influx of travelers departing Pittsburgh before the Fourth of July holiday weekend. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Furries prepare for a full weekend of events at the Anthrocon convention on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, downtown. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)The raising of the final beam, evergreen tree, and flag during the “topping off ceremony” to commemorate the final beam placement of the new UPMC Mercy Pavilion’s Vision Institute on Thursday, June 30th 2022. The beam topping off custom celebrates the construction process and honors the construction crew. The evergreen tree placed on the beam signifies construction has reached the sky and symbolizes positivity – good luck for future occupants, new or continued growth with the environment and a safe job. The broom symbolizes a “clean sweep” with no major injuries during the project. The American flag represents our country and the bright future. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)The raising of the final beam, evergreen tree, and flag during the “topping off ceremony” to commemorate the final beam placement of the new UPMC Mercy Pavilion’s Vision Institute on Thursday, June 30th 2022. The beam topping off custom celebrates the construction process and honors the construction crew. The evergreen tree placed on the beam signifies construction has reached the sky and symbolizes positivity – good luck for future occupants, new or continued growth with the environment and a safe job. The broom symbolizes a “clean sweep” with no major injuries during the project. The American flag represents our country and the bright future. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)Beth holds her 2-year-old daughter, Scout (last names withheld), while waiting in a security line with her family Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township. The airport saw an influx of travellers departing Pittsburgh before the Fourth of July holiday weekend. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Journey Williams, 12, of Middletown, holds her 6-month-old brother, Kardier Williams, alongside her 10-year-old sister, Noelle Williams, on Thursday, June 30, 2022, before their flight to Atlanta at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh International Airport parking lots are seen Thursday, June 30, 2022, before the Fourth of July holiday weekend in Moon Township. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Passengers pass a security line Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon Township. The airport saw an influx of travellers departing Pittsburgh before the Fourth of July holiday weekend. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)American flags decorate the graves of military service members in preparation for Independence Day as a jogger runs through Allegheny Cemetery Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Lawrenceville. (Post-Gazette)Dr. Kathy Humphrey (left), 60, of Oakland, talks with Rochelle Jackson, 51, from McKeesport, and two other women after the launch of the Level Up: Greater Pittsburgh Gender Pay Equity Campaign at Carlow University on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Jackson is the CEO and founder of the Black Women’s Policy Center and Dr. Humphrey is the president of Carlow University. The campaign seeks to encourage Pittsburgh area employers to close the gender wage gap that disproportionately impacts women of color. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Traffic is seen along I-376 Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the east side of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel in Squirrel Hill South. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Lisa Jones, left, of Sheraton, and her daughter Nysha’Juan Jones, 15, enjoy an afternoon of swimming at the Sue Murray pool Wednesday, June 29, 2022, on the North Side. Today, was the first day the Sue Murray pool opened (Post-Gazette)Left to right, Pittsburgh EMS Shawn Eigenbrode, a paramedic master diver, Sara Vogt, paramedic diver and Corey Harcha, boat operator, right; as a part of the City of Pittsburgh River Rescue, pull their boat into the doc after members from PennDOT, Pennslyvaina Fish and Boat Commission, and Pennsylvania State Police urge people to have a safe Independence Day holiday and to not drive boats or cars under the influence on Wednesday June 29, 2022. (Mary Flavin/Post-Gazette)Boaters enjoy a day on the Allegheny River near The Point on Wednesday June 29, 2022. (Mary Flavin/Post-Gazette)A guest looks out at the elephants in their habitat at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Highland Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Machine Operator Keith Walker demonstrates the manufacturing process Tuesday, June 28, 2022, following a dedication ceremony to reopen a vacant steel factory at Leetsdale Industrial Park. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)BCI Steel line workers demonstrate the manufacturing process Tuesday, June 28, 2022, following a dedication ceremony to reopen a vacant steel factory at Leetsdale Industrial Park. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Customers look at produce as Janoski’s Farm workers set out produce before the start of the Original Farmer’s Market, a night market that begins selling at 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from June until September, and more limited days in May, October, and November, Monday, June 27, 2022, in Cuddy.(Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Customers buy produce at Janoski’s Farm’s stand at the Original Farmers Market, a night market that begins selling at 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from June until September, and more limited days in May, October, and November, Monday, June 27, 2022, in Cuddy.(Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A cyclist makes their way along the Panhandle Trail under the McDonald Trestle, a former railroad bridge converted to carry a portion of the Montour Trail, Monday, June 27, 2022, in McDoanld. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Kevin Ren, left, and Benedict Ozua, right, both of Shadyside, play table tennis while Stanley Duong, also of Shadyside, watches on Monday, June 27, 2022, in Schenley Plaza in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The All-Electric 2022 Ford E-Transit charges Monday, June 27, 2022, at Waltz & Wind Ford, Inc., in Carnegie. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Shaler High School Teacher Adam Rosenwald farewells his 7-year-old son, Alex Rosenwald, on Monday, June 27, 2022, before embarking on a six-day, 350-mile bike ride from Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh to Washington D.C. via the Great Allegheny Passage Trail. Rosenwald’s second annual Healing Ride fundraises for Pittsburgh Warriors Hockey, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing veteran suicide and promoting physical and mental healing among veterans, for which Rosenwald is the board treasurer. Rosenwald will be joined by Pittsburgh Warriors Hockey Chairman Sam Johnson and Board Secretary Katie Leech. Along the way, the cyclists will make daily dedications to fallen soldiers known by members of the organization. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Shaler High School Teacher Adam Rosenwald embarks on six-day bike ride from Point State Park to Washington D.C. on Monday, June 27, 2022, via the Great Allegheny Passage Trail in Downtown Pittsburgh. Rosenwald’s second annual Healing Ride fundraises for Pittsburgh Warriors Hockey, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing veteran suicide and promoting physical and mental healing among veterans, for which Rosenwald is the board treasurer. Rosenwald will be joined by Pittsburgh Warriors Hockey Chairman Sam Johnson and Board Secretary Katie Leech. Along the way, the cyclists will make daily dedications to fallen soldiers known by members of the organization. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian crosses Smithfield Street Bridge, brightly lighted by sunshine, during the noon lunch hour on Monday, June 27, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Nurses help press on the footprint of Julius Sinclair, who was born in January three months premature, being held by his mother Jessica Sinclair, of Greentree, to make a collective art piece of hand and foot prints of children who were born premature during the 19th Annual Kids and Critters NICU Reunion, an event held by UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to celebrate children who were treated in the facilities neonatal intensive care units, their families, and the medical staff who cared for them, Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Cousins Mariana Argiro, 2, and Meadow Yemma, 6, dance together during the 19th Annual Kids and Critters NICU Reunion, an event held by UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to celebrate children who were treated in the facilities neonatal intensive care units, their families, and the medical staff who cared for them, Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A zoo staff member holds a blue-tongued skink for kids to look at during the 19th Annual Kids and Critters NICU Reunion, an event held by UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to celebrate children who were treated in the facilities neonatal intensive care units, their families, and the medical staff who cared for them, Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Connor Poe, 15, of Franklin, Tenn., the youngest competitor, competes in the big air freestyle finals at the World Championships of Pogo, or Pogopalooza, organized by Wilkinsburg-based Xpogo, Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Wilkinsburg. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)People ride bikes and walk down Penn Avenue from the Strip District towards Downtown during OpenStreetsPGH on Sunday, June 26, 2022. During OpenStreetsPGH, roads close to car traffic so people can enjoy the streets without cars. The next OpenStreetsPGH will take place on Saturday, July 30 and will consist of a 4.4 mile loop through Homewood, Larimer, East Liberty, Shadyside, and North Point Breeze. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People ride bikes and scooters down Penn Avenue from the Strip District towards Downtown during OpenStreetsPGH on Sunday, June 26, 2022. During OpenStreetsPGH, roads close to car traffic so people can enjoy the streets without cars. The next OpenStreetsPGH will take place on Saturday, July 30 and will consist of a 4.4 mile loop through Homewood, Larimer, East Liberty, Shadyside, and North Point Breeze. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People participate in a free workout with F45 trainers during Made in PGH’s Southside Works Out on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at South Shore Riverfront Park. The workout was a forty-five minute class with stations that included cardio and strength interval exercises. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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