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.
Linda Zeigler, of nurse with St. Clair Health, administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Anita Murphy, 12, of Brookline, at a clinic organized by St. Clair Health and the Carnegie Boys and Girls Club to vaccinate youth ages 12 and older, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Carnegie. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Colin Cooley, 15, of Shadyside, recipes the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Linda Zeigler, of nurse with St. Clair Health, as his mother Kerrie Cooley takes a photo, at a clinic organized by St. Clair Health and the Carnegie Boys and Girls Club to vaccinate youth ages 12 and older, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Carnegie. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Sisters Lexi, 10, top left, Cici, 5, bottom left, and Evie Sherer, 8, of North Sewickley, check out the bunkbeds in a Jayco Jay Flight RV with their parents Brian and Erin, not pictured, during the 54th annual Pittsburgh RV Show on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown. The RV show started on Saturday and goes through Sunday, May 23. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)San Francisco Giants catcher Curt Casali takes out Pirates Ka’ai Tom Saturday May 15, 2021, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Myat Myat, of Carrick, second from right, receives a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, as her children Theinlar Soesan, 11, Lawon Kyai, 3, and Naylen Yeng, 8, look on, at a clinic organized by Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh, Free the Vaccine and Lively Pittsburgh to serve the Bhutanese community, Saturday, May 15, 2021, at Whitehall Presbyterian Church in Whitehall. The clinic featured a pop-up experience including Bhutanese music, samosas and chai, and a Polaroid photo opportunity to encourage people to get vaccinated. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Christy Meade, right, of Brookline, takes a photo of her husband Chad and daughter Camryn, 5, in front of the Honus Wagner statue before the Pirates’ game against the Giants on Friday, May 14, 2021, outside PNC Park on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pitt’s Luke Mort reacts after just missing a scoring opportunity against Indiana University’s Joey Maher in the second half of the semifinal of the College Cup Friday, May 14, 2021, at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt fans cheer on their team as they are introduced before taking on Indiana University in the semifinal of the College Cup Friday, May 14, 2021, at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt’s Nico Campuzano makes a save in front of Indiana University’s A.J. Palazzolo and Nate Ward in the second half of the semifinal of the College Cup Friday, May 14, 2021, at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Indiana University’s Roman Celentano makes a save over teammate Brett Bebej against Pitt’s Valentin Noel in the first half of the semifinal of the College Cup Friday, May 14, 2021, at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt’s Luke Mort is upended by Indiana University’s Ryan Wittenbrink in the first half of the semifinal of the College Cup Friday, May 14, 2021, at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Marijke Hecht, of Highland Park, looks for birds with other bird watchers that joined Naturalist Educator Stephen Bucklin with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy on a Spring Birding Hike around the Highland Park Reservoir on Friday, May 14, 2021, in Highland Park. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Naturalist Educator Stephen Bucklin with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy leads a Spring Birding Hike around the Highland Park Reservoir on Friday, May 14, 2021, in Highland Park. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Mt Lebanon’s Tommy Boehner slides under the tag of Bethel Park’s David Kessler Friday May 14, 2021, at Bob Purkey Memorial Field in Bethel Park. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh artist Jeremy Raymer works on a mural of Josh Gibson at Voodoo Brewery Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Homestead. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh artist Jeremy Raymer holds a reference photo of Josh Gibson outside Voodoo Brewery Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Homestead. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh artist Jeremy Raymer works on a mural of Josh Gibson at Voodoo Brewery Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Homestead. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh artist Jeremy Raymer puts final touches on a mural of Josh Gibson at Voodoo Brewery Monday, May 10, 2021, in Homestead. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Selina Progar, pastry chef at Gluten Free Goat Bakery, make pastries Monday, May 3, 2021, at Adda Bazaar in Garfield. (Post-Gazette)Darwin Copeland, of Z-Best BBQ, puts barbecue sauce on ribs on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at Z-Best BBQ in the Hill District. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Kevin Reber, service representative for BlueCrest, blow out dust from the ballot sorting machine during a tour of the election warehouse Thursday, May 13, 2021, on the North Side. (Post-Gazette)West Allegheny’s Dylan Grass slides safely into home against Montour Thursday May 13, 2021, at Donaldson Elementary School in Oakdale. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Montour’s Gannon Kadlecik delivers against West Allegheny Thursday May 13, 2021, at Donaldson Elementary School in Oakdale. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)West Allegheny’s Nick Longo delivers against Montour Thursday May 13, 2021, at Donaldson Elementary School in Oakdale. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)Salamai Zamal with the Sisters Committee of the Attawheed Islamic Center greets a member of the Mosque during their Drive-Thru celebration of Eid-Ul-Fitr Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Carnegie. Eid-Ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of the month of Shawwal, which follows Ramadan as the 10th month of the lunar-based Islamic calendar. The name comes from an Arabic term that translates as the “feast of breaking the fast.” (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Dale Woolf with Woolf Farms from Salem, Oh. packages up a customer’s order during the Opening Day for the Market Square Farmer’s Market Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Salamai Zamal with the Sisters Committee of the Attawheed Islamic Center greets a member of the Mosque during their Drive-Thru celebration of Eid-Ul-Fitr Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Carnegie. The celebration typically celebrated with a large gathering was changed to a drive-thru due to Covid-19. The group handed out 250 meals, candy, and other treats for the celebration. Eid-Ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of the month of Shawwal, which follows Ramadan as the 10th month of the lunar-based Islamic calendar. The name comes from an Arabic term that translates as the “feast of breaking the fast.” (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Work continues on the Kenmawr Bridge on South Braddock Avenue Monday, May 13, 2021, at the Rankin Swissvale border. The bridge construction will close the road for 45 days beginning Monday as the approaches to the new bridge are installed and the temporary bridge is dismantled. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Market Square is filled with Pittsburghers enjoying the sunshine and performances at the Farmers Market Stage for Opening Day of the Market Square Farmers Market Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)North Allegheny’s Eva Kynaston leads the 4×800 meter relay race at the WPIAL Class 3A team track championships, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at West Mifflin Area High School in West Mifflin. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Canon-McMillan’s Tyriek Williams competes in the 300 meter hurdles at the WPIAL Class 3A team track championships, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at West Mifflin Area High School in West Mifflin. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Butler’s C.J. Singleton leads the 800 meter dash at the WPIAL Class 3A team track championships, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at West Mifflin Area High School in West Mifflin. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman pulls in a ball hit by Reds pinch hitter Wade Miley in the 10th inning Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Indiana shortstop Regan Trusal makes diving catch against Armstrong Wednesday May 12, 2021, at Armstrong Junior/Senior High School in Kittanning. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)The Duquesne Incline over looks the Ohio Valley at sunrise on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 on Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette via AP)Gabe Pacella, 14, of Upper St. Clair, Pa. receives a dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine from registered nurse Tawana Smith at UPMC’s South Side facility on Wednesday, Mary 12, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Brie Butler, a fourth-grader at Shady Side Academy Junior School, portrays “Medusa” during the school’s 23rd Annual Fourth Grade Greek Museum Wednesday, May 12, 2021, on the campus in Point Breeze. Participants were dressed in costumes as Greek mythological figures and posed on pedestals as if they were statutes. (Post-Gazette)Nadim Tabbara, a fourth-grader at Shady Side Academy Junior School, portrays “Dionysus” during the school’s 23rd Annual Fourth Grade Greek Museum Wednesday, May 12, 2021, on the campus in Point Breeze. Participants were dressed in costumes as Greek mythological figures and posed on pedestals as if they were statutes. (Post-Gazette)Officials unveil a new state-of-the-art paramedic and police boat for River Rescue along the Riverwalk Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Audrey Kauffman, right, hugs one of her daughters after leaving the Cumberland County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Carlisle. At left is her son. Ms. Kauffman’s ex-husband, Michael A. Kauffman, pleaded no contest Tuesday to four felonies, including statutory sexual assault and indecent assault, in Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas. The prosecutor said he committed “multiple acts of sexual and physical abuse” against his three daughters, all under 13 years old at the time. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Sinful Sweets Chocolate Company is surrounded by empty storefronts on the 500 block of Liberty Avenue, Downtown, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
From left, Juliandra Jones, and Naomi Chambers, with JY Originals, sweep a section of Fort Duquesne Blvd. at Stanwix St. on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, Downtown. Artist Janel Young will be painting a section of Fort Duquesne with an asphalt mural that will be in place for the summer. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership will be using the street for performance and recreational space. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Zack Abramson and Cosmo Foti from The Gow School work on their robot at the Southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ competition at the Commonwealth Charter Academy Tuesday, May 11, 2021 in Homestead. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Sean Parnell announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat to replace Sen. Pat Toomey who is retiring at Cadence Clubhouse in McCandless, Pa. on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Sean Parnell greets supporters shortly before announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat to replace Sen. Pat Toomey who is retiring at Cadence Clubhouse in McCandles, Pa. on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Sean Parnell announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat to replace Sen. Pat Toomey who is retiring at Cadence Clubhouse in McCandless, Pa. on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Bridges on the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh on a partly cloudy spring morning photographed on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Charles Frank, an employee of Taco Bell and a sophomore at Slippery Rock University, reacts to hearing that he gets a large screen TV with the $25,000 scholarship Taco Bell awarded to him from among their employees nationwide during a presentation at the Taco Bell in McMurray Monday, May 10, 2021. Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Houses on Haslage Ave in Spring Hill with the Parkway North in the background photographed on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)The Church Pew bunkers at Oakmont Country Club photographed on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Indi Skies performs during the Mother’s Day Drag Brunch on Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Brewer’s Bar in Lawrenceville. The brunch included mimosas and catered food as well as a drag show featuring Indi Skies and others dancing and singing through the bar. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Vanessa Baker, of McCandless and co-chair of empowerHER’s Pittsburgh LUMINARIA, places personalized bags in honor or in memory of loved ones as part of the Pittsburgh LUMINARIA on Sunday, May 9, 2021, at the Mt. Washington overlook. Donors gave $25 per bag, and all of the proceeds go to empowerHER, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower, support, and connect girls of all ages who have experienced the loss of their mothers. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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