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 visit different vendors along the Allegheny River during the annual Picklesburgh event on Saturday, July 16, 2022 Downtown. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Connie Hall, of the Hill District, dances as music is played over loud speakers during the fourth annual Pittsburgh Black Music Festival on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Point State Park Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Picklesburgh balloons float in the air during the annual Picklesburgh event on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Rachel Carson Bridge. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Ruth Davis, 6, eats a pickle shaped lollipop with her mother Amanda Davis during the annual Picklesburgh event on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Rachel Carson Bridge in Pittsburgh. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)The band Royce performs during AWCommunity Day: S.T.E.A.M. Family Day on Saturday, July 16, 2022, outside the August Wilson African American Cultural Center Downtown. The event, which was organized by the August Wilson Center, included live music, food, an artist market, and games. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Shirts from Heinz are sold on the Andy Warhol Bridge at Picklesburg on July 16, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)Rachel Kelly takes a picture of Sharon, Mike, Larry Kulpa, and Josie Kelly, who live in Dillonvale, Ohio, at Picklesburg on the Andy Warhol bridge near the Strip District, on July 16, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)From left: John Philippi, John Unger, Robert Pugh Jr., Thomas “Tucker” Foy, former governor Mark Schweiker, Joseph Sbaffoni, Ron Hileman, and Harry “Blaine” Mayhugh Jr. pose for a photo for the 20th anniversary of the Quecreek Mine rescue on Saturday, July 16, 2022. All except for the former governor and Mr. Sbaffoni were miners rescued in the event; the other two were heavily invovled in the rescue. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)From left: Robert Pugh Jr., John Philippi, and John Unger talk and laugh on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at the Jennerstown Speedway in Jennerstown, Pa. The men were rescued in the 2002 Quecreek Mine accident and are now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the event. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) Survivors of the 2002 Quecreek Mine rescue stand on the track at Jennerstown Speedway during their recognition and the recognition of the 20th anniversary of the event on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Jennerstown, Pa. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) Former Pennsylvania Mayor Mark Schweiker gives recognition to the 20th anniversary of the Quecreek Mine rescue and the men rescued standing behind him at the Jennerstown Speedway before a race on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in Jennerstown, Pa. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) Miners rescued during the 2002 Quecreek Mine rescue remove their caps for durign the invocation before the race at the Jennerstown Speedway commemorating the 20th anniversary of the rescue on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in Jenerstown, Pa. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) Race officials push a car onto the scales before they enter the track on Saturday, July 16, 2022. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) The Jennerstown Speedway hosted a race that honored the 20th anniversary of the Quecreek Mine rescue on Saturday, July 16, 2022. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) The rescue shaft of the Quecreek Mine rescue is covered and marked by a sign in Somerset, Pa., on Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) Bill Arnold stands in front of a miner statue at the site of the Quecreek Mine rescue during an interview in Somerset, Pa., on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Arnold was part of the rescue team for the nine miners stuck underground in the Quecreek mine; he now gives tours of the rescue site while maintaining his job as a dairy farmer. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) A red oak tree is surrounded by nine evergreen trees to to represent faith in God and each of the nine miners of the 2002 Quecreek Mine rescue in Somerset, Pa., on Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette) A memorial for Dayvon Vickers includes his photo near the corner of Kelly Street and Brushton Avenue on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. He was killed earlier this year. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)A memorial for Dayvon Vickers made by his friends has balloons, candles, flowers, and other significant items on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. He was killed earlier this year. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)A memorial for Micah Stoner includes photos of him and flowers near the corner of Pasadena Street and Kingsboro Street on Mount Washington on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Stoner was killed by gun violence earlier this year. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Andy Casciatio, operator of the Monongahela Incline, check out the monitors in the control room as seen Wednesday, July 13, 2022, on Mount Washington. The Pittsburgh Regional Transit will close the Monongahela Incline between Station Square and Mount Washington for four months beginning Aug.1, 2022, so the agency can upgrade the interior of the stations and the mechanical components of the country’s oldest continuously operating funicular. (Post-Gazette)The Monongahela Incline as seen Wednesday, July 13, 2022, on Mount Washington. The Pittsburgh Regional Transit will close the Monongahela Incline between Station Square and Mount Washington for four months beginning Aug. 1, 2022, so the agency can upgrade the interior of the stations and the mechanical components of the country’s oldest continuously operating funicular. (Post-Gazette)Dave Matlin, senior project engineer for the Pittsburgh Regional Transit, talks about some of the improvements that will take place to the Monongahela Incline Wednesday, July 13, 2022 on Mount Washington. The Pittsburgh Regional Transit will close the Monongahela Incline between Station Square and Mount Washington for four months beginning Aug.1, 2022, so the agency can upgrade the interior of the stations and the mechanical components of the country’s oldest continuously operating funicular. (Post-Gazette)A memorial for Micah Stoner includes photos of him, votive candles, stuffed animals and flowers near the corner of Pasadena Street and Kingsboro Street on Mount Washington on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Stoner was killed by gun violence earlier this year. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Alecia Trucco, 36, of Moon Township, dress up as a giant pickle to celebrate Picklesburgh under the giant Heinz pickle balloon on Rachel Carson Bridge, Downtown Pittsburgh, on Friday afternoon, July 15, 2022 (Alicia Chiang/Post-Gazette)
Janiyah Acie, 4, shows USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack her bead during the secretary’s short visit to Jefferson Recreation Center on Friday morning, July 15, 2022. (Alicia Chiang/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania Representative for the 34th district, Summer Lee, speaks to the press, on Friday, July 15, 2022, at the City-County Building, in Downtown, Pittsburgh. Local elected officials held a rally calling for protection of reproductive rights. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Sisters Abby and Evie Gonzales shop on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at BA Trading in the Strip District. The home of the Steelers, formerly Heinz Field is now Acrisure Stadium. The Gonzales sisters are local to Pittsburgh and plan to buy this shirt as they disapprove of the name change. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Vicky Nalbone, left, of Pleasant Hills, and other Flyspace Productions staff members inflate a 35-foot pickle balloon in the middle of the Rachel Carson Bridge Thursday, July 14, 2022, in preparation for this weekend’s Picklesburgh Festival on the North Shore. The inflated balloon will be visible throughout the festival, which features pickled themed foods, music and other events. The festivals starts Friday and runs through Sunday, July 17, 2022. (Post-Gazette)Singer Lalah Hathaway performs at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Fans cheer for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Diamond Buadu and C’enna Crosby, of South Side, sing along with singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Tammy Montgomery throws her arms out during a song performed by singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Camryn Marie Scott, 7, dances with Latasha Wood at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)People cheer for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)
Maxine Simpson, known to some as “queen bee” claps for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette
Sonia Troiana, left, Celia Vitiello, center, and Ariana Caltagarone react as group two’s bridge gets closer to collapsing at the Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering on July 14, 2022, in Oakland. The girls are up next to test their bridge. Students at the CMU Engineering summer camp tested bridges that they have been building out of wood. The bridges held up to 215 pounds. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Ray Zeng, right, of North Allegheny High, reacts as his bridge has weight placed onto it at the Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering on July 14, 2022, in Oakland. Students at the CMU Engineering summer camp tested bridges that they have been building out of wood. The bridges held up to 215 pounds. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Mary Allen, right, and Ed Cygnarowicz, center, both teachers in the Pittsburgh Public School District, talk to Sarah McCauley and her two boys, Angelo, 3, and Colin, 6, about the Pittsburgh Public School District on July 14, 2022, in Beechview. Sarah pulled her children from the district after issues with transportation and lack of attention during Covid. The pair are from the Teacher’s Federation in Beechview and were surveying local neighborhoods to ask opinions on the Pittsburgh Public School District. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Tom Grudovich sits in his Orange 1965 Chevron at the 2022 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, in Wampum, on July 14, 2022. He used to race and restore motorcycles throughout the 1980s, but said that as he ages, being in his late 50s, “four wheels under my body is better than 2 two.” (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)Racers on the track of the 2022 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, in Wampum, on July 14, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)The scoring woman flies a green flag to signal the end of the final lap, as racers pass her by, on the track of the 2022 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, in Wampum, on July 14, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)
Laura Horowitz poses for a portrait in the City County Building for a pro-choice protest after the Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was announced, on June 24, 2022. She has been working as a clinic escort for 40 years, and is 68 years old. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)The storefront of the newly opened Target in Downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday, July 13th 2022. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)Vjosa Loshaj, of Sheraden, an employee of Wabtec, chats on the telephone during her lunch break Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Allegheny Landing on the North Shore. (Post-Gazette)Volunteer escorts across the street from the Planned Parenthood on Liberty Avenue watch as Bridget Spitznagel, 49, prays and sings hymns outside of Planned Parenthood to end abortions, and Frank, 67, a volunteer clinic escort stands outside the door on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Frank volunteers here regularly because he believes “people should be able to come get healthcare without being badgered.” Other pro-life activists circled the building with signs and sometimes said things to women entering the clinic like “death walks through that door.” (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Phyllis Jones, former coach of the Westinghouse High School Girl’s Basketball Team, accepting a proclamation of honor from Mayor Ed Gainey for her 35 years of service to Westinghouse and it’s community on Wednesday, July 13th 2022. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)Police officers wait for a warrant to enter a home near Kelly Street and Lang Avenue after a domestic situation was defused on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in Homewood. (Vanesa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)August Zimlinghaus, 4, of Jefferson Hills, plays in the Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain on Monday, July 11, 2022, in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The new Acrisure logo is displayed on the Heinz Field scoreboard on Monday, July 11, 2022. Acrisure, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based fintech company with ties to Steelers minority owner Thomas Tull, has secured the naming rights for the North Shore stadium for the next 15 years. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)The new Acrisure logo is displayed on the Heinz Field scoreboard on Monday, July 11, 2022. Acrisure, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based fintech company with ties to Steelers minority owner Thomas Tull, has secured the naming rights for the North Shore stadium for the next 15 years. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)The new Acrisure logo is displayed on the Heinz Field scoreboard on Monday, July 11, 2022. Acrisure, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based fintech company with ties to Steelers minority owner Thomas Tull, has secured the naming rights for the North Shore stadium for the next 15 years. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)Fruity Pebbles soft serve in a cone is served up by Ryan Andrews, 22, of Brookline, at Page’s Dairy Mart on Monday, July 11, 2022, on the South Side. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)An aerial view of Heinz Field on Monday, July 11, 2022, in North Shore. Heinz Field will become Acrisure Stadium in 2022 after the Steelers sold the naming rights to a Michigan-based financial technology company for an undisclosed amount. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)An aerial view of Heinz Field on Monday, July 11, 2022, in North Shore. Heinz Field will become Acrisure Stadium in 2022 after the Steelers sold the naming rights to a Michigan-based financial technology company for an undisclosed amount. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)Donna Phillips, 70, of Sharpsburg, and her four-year-old great-granddaughter Aaliya Barbiaux of Indiana Township, cool down in the water at the Marion Gerardi Memorial Park Monday, July 11, 2022, in Sharpsburg. (Post-Gazette)Donna Phillips, 70, of Sharpsburg, and her four-year-old great-granddaughter Aaliya Barbiaux of Indiana Township, cool down in the water at the Marion Gerardi Memorial Park Monday, July 11, 2022, in Sharpsburg. (Post-Gazette)Cars are on display during the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Kick-off Rallye at Dual Devils Garage in Houston, Sunday, July 10, 2022. The event features a driving course with trivia and checkpoints to challenge car enthusiasts to keep to a timed schedule while navigating the route. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A participating antique vehicle begins the route during the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Kick-off Rallye at Dual Devils Garage in Houston, Sunday, July 10, 2022. The event features a driving course with trivia and checkpoints to challenge car enthusiasts to keep to a timed schedule while navigating the route. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A participating antique vehicle begins the route during the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Kick-off Rallye at Dual Devils Garage in Houston, Sunday, July 10, 2022. The event features a driving course with trivia and checkpoints to challenge car enthusiasts to keep to a timed schedule while navigating the route. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Joe Viale, 7, of North Strabane, sits in the passenger seat of his dads 1994 Mazda Miata during the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Kick-off Rallye at Dual Devils Garage in Houston, Sunday, July 10, 2022. The event features a driving course with trivia and checkpoints to challenge car enthusiasts to keep to a timed schedule while navigating the route. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Derrick Smith, left, and Keionna Skrine, right, of the West End, play bean bag toss with their twin daughters Derae and Dakota, 6, last names left out, during “Kid’s Day” at Schenley Plaza on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Oakland. “Kid’s Day” is put together by The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and is meant to bring families from all over Pittsburgh to Schenley Plaza for a day full of fun in the sun. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Serenity Stevenson, 4, of The Hills District, plays bean bag toss during “Kid’s Day” at Schenley Plaza on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Oakland. Serenity came with her Grandpa Sharon Trammell. “Kid’s Day” is put together by The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and is meant to bring families from all over Pittsburgh to Schenley Plaza for a day full of fun in the sun. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)Lori Russell, left, and her son Rupert Russell, 14 months, from Minnesota, play connect four during “Kid’s Day” at Schenley Plaza on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Oakland. “Kid’s Day” is put together by The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and is meant to bring families from all over Pittsburgh to Schenley Plaza for a day full of fun in the sun. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
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Maxine Simpson, known to some as “queen bee” claps for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette
