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.
Emma Burnside of Ohio blows bubbles in front of the City-County building before the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution march on Saturday June 5, 2021, in Downtown. The march kicked off Downtown at noon from the steps of the City-County Building, making its way across the river toward Allegheny Commons Park on the North Side. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)Pride marchers fill Sixth St. during the Pittsburgh Pride Parade on Saturday June 5, 2021, in Downtown. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)Irwin Lapsey performs as Frank N. Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show, a part of Pittsburgh Pride Revolution on Saturday June 5, 2021, in Allegheny Commons West Park. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)Lamone Waller, of Richmond, Va., practices slingshotting during the East Coast Slingshot Tournament on Saturday, June 5, 2021, hosted by East Huntingdon Township Sportsmen’s Association in Alverton. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Shenango High pitcher Mia Edwards pitches to the Laurel High Spartans in a 5-6 loss at Lilley Field on Thursday, June 3, 2021, in California, Pa. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)Pirates right fielder Gregory Polanco scores on a double hit by Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings against the Marlins in the eighth inning Thursday, June 3, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes heads home after hitting a two-run home run against the Marlins in the first inning Friday, June 4, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run against the Marlins in the first inning Friday, June 4, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates right fielder Gregory Polanco steals second base against Marlins second baseman Jose Devers the third inning Friday, June 4, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates outfielders Ben Gamel, Bryan Reynolds and Gregory Polanco celebrate after defeating the Marlins Friday, June 4, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)From left, Matt Zack raises his fist while Bobby Gordon hugs his daughter Elsa Gordon after the Sewickley Academy Girls Lacrosse wins the PIAA state girls lacrosse quarterfinal game on June 5, 2021, in Glenshaw. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings tries to elude the cooler shower from Erik Gonzalez after walking it off against the Marlins in the 12th inning Saturday, June 5, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Dixie Hamilton, the grandmother of Hayden Hamilton, cries as she uses her phone to take photos of Hayden walking to receive his diploma during the Laurel High School graduation ceremony on Friday, June 4, 2021, at Laurel High School in New Castle. Hayden was paralyzed from the chest down after a hit during a high school football game in 2019. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Hayden Hamilton stands up to walk with help from his therapist Ryan Lacey, of Action Physical Therapy in Hubbard, Ohio, during the Laurel High School graduation ceremony on Friday, June 4, 2021, at Laurel High School in New Castle. Hamilton was paralyzed from the chest down after a hit during a high school football game in 2019. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)From left, Tavien Howard Morrison, Adena Jerome, Amy Loadman sit in Sto-Rox High School cafeteria before their graduation ceremony on June 4, 2021, in McKees Rocks. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)(L-R) Viyhjae Macon, Ahmara Jones, and Alicia young cheer during the Sto-Rox High School graduation ceremony on June 4, 2021, in McKees Rocks.(Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)The Sto-Rox High School class of 2021 stands during their graduation ceremony on June 4, 2021, in McKees Rocks. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Herman Faraci, left, and Dick Riley face off in the saw blade challenge portion of the East Coast Slingshot Tournament on Saturday, June 5, 2021, hosted by East Huntingdon Township Sportsmen’s Association in Alverton. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Julio Morales repairs the fur of the Yutyrannus, one of the 100 life-size animatronic dinosaurs in the Jurassic Quest drive-through experience at The Pavilion at Star Lake on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Burgettstown. The event starts today and runs through June 20. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh City Firefighters respond to smoke rising from a building on 25th Street in Lawrenceville Friday, June 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Justin Melanson, the co-founder of Pittsburgh-based technology company AERAS, flies a drone to spray sanitizer on folding chairs set up on the football field at Sto-Rox Junior-Senior High School on Friday, June 4, 2021, so graduates can more safely attend in-person commencement ceremonies at the McKees Rocks facility later in the day. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)(left to right) Chevelle Austin JR., Chevelle Austin Sr., Nyzae McCullough, Marr’La Hall, and Amiyah Austin fill Joe Ober’s limo to celebrate Amiyah Austin’s graduation from the Passport Academy Charter School on June 3, 2021, in Oakland. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania state Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr., R-Bedford, ride a Spin scooter during a demonstration of emerging vehicle technology Thursday, June 3, 2021, at Mill 19, Hazelwood Green, in Hazelwood. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Chris Petrone, senior associate with Allegheny Strategy Partners, ride a Spin scooter during a demonstration of emerging vehicle technology Thursday, June 3, 2021, at Mill 19, Hazelwood Green, in Hazelwood. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Skylar King and Ryan Johnson-Evers with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy spruce up a garden spot along Penn Avenue at Eighth Street in front of the Cultural Trust Oasis in time for the upcoming Three Rivers Art Festival Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Tim Stevens, the founder of the Black Political Empowerment Project (B-PEP), joined by two of the organization’s members, call for the resignation of Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. at a press conference held at B-PEP headquarters on Thursday, June 3, 2021.(Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Football players lead a walkout during a school board meeting at Pine-Richland High School as the board begins to vote in the new head varsity coach Steve Campos on June 2, 2021, in Gibsonia. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)New Castle’s Dominic Fornataro scores against Montour’s Brock Janeda in the WPIAL Class 4A Championship Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Wild Things Park in Washington. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Beaver celebrates after beating Highlands during the 4A WPIAL softball championships, Wednesday June 2, 2021, at California University in California, Pa. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)New Castle’s Rocco Bernadina celebrates after throwing a one-hitter to defeat Mountour in the WPIAL Class 4A Championship Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Wild Things Park in Washington. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)The Bethel Park Blackhawks celebrate a 9-2 victory over the Canon-Mcmillan Big Macs at Lilley Field on Thursday June 2, 2021, in California, Pa. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)An incarcerated person in the residential treatment unit at SCI Somerset passes time by watching television on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The facility instituted several changes to deal with COVID-19, including dividing the prison into autonomous housing zones that don’t interconnect. This helped mitigate the spread of the virus and added a second level of security, said Supt. Eric Nice. It’s now the new normal. “This is permanent for us,” Tice said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Firefighters and officials respond to a house fire on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, on Andrew Street near the intersection of 16th Avenue in Munhall. One man who lived there was found deceased inside the home. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A neighbor looks out the window as firefighters and officials respond to a house fire on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, on Andrew Street near the intersection of 16th Avenue in Munhall. One man who lived there was found deceased inside the home. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Trooper Tristan Tappe, Troop A Community Affairs Officer with the Pennsylvania State Police, does a demonstration of a use of force simulator after the presentation of ÒThe Realities of Use of Force Encounters,Ó at the Monroeville Public Safety Training Center on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Monroeville. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Marshall Dayan, front, of Oakmont, and a crowd of others listen to Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life during the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s “Stand Against Antisemitism” at the City-County Building, Downtown, on Tuesday evening, June 1, 2021. The federation says there’s been a 40 percent rise in antisemitic attacks worldwide in just the previous two weeks. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life addresses supporters for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s “Stand Against Antisemitism” at the City-County Building, Downtown, on Tuesday evening, June 1, 2021. The federation says there’s been a 40 percent rise in antisemitic attacks worldwide in just the previous two weeks. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Doves are released during Cranberry Township’s Memorial Day Ceremony on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at the Veterans Memorial in North Boundary Park in Cranberry. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Frank Ford places flowers down during the South Side Hilltop Memorial Day Pilgrimage on Monday, May 31, 2021, at South Side Cemetery, the last stop on the pilgrimage through the neighborhood. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Bugler Adam Warble plays taps during the South Side Hilltop Memorial Day Pilgrimage on Monday, May 31, 2021, at South Side Cemetery, the last stop on the pilgrimage through the neighborhood. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)People in the crowd bow their heads in prayer during the South Side Hilltop Memorial Day Pilgrimage on Monday, May 31, 2021, at South Side Cemetery, the last stop on the pilgrimage through the neighborhood. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Members of Boy Scout Troop 243 watch a fire burn during a flag retirement ceremony on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 2021, at Edward C. Henli Park outside of the VFW in Leetsdale. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Hugh MacPherson, commander of the VFW Post 879, hands a wreath to Chuck Lewis in memory of those who served in the Air Force during Cranberry Township’s Memorial Day Ceremony on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at the Veterans Memorial in North Boundary Park in Cranberry. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Demolition crews work on the former Life Works building at 1323 Forbes Avenue on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Uptown. Duquesne University will be building its College of Osteopathic Medicine building at the site, which is tentatively scheduled to open in 2024. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Jason Biggs, M.D., Chair of Emergency Medicine for St. Clair Health lines up a free throw while spectators and competitors look on during the 2021 Kane Foundation Free Throw Contest in the courtyard of the Allegheny County Courthouse Tuesday, June 1, 2021 in Pittsburgh. The contest pitted the four health systems in the county against each other for the Challenge Championship and to raise money for the Kane Foundation. The Kane Foundation raises private funds for gifts and enhancements for the Kane Centers and their residents such as adult education classes, attendance at cultural and sporting events, holiday parties and pet therapy at the centers. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Brothers Josh, 6, left, and Zach Janeway, 5, of Cranberry, laugh swing while their mother Jenn watches from behind them on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Richland Township Community Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Cathy Stewart is a 56 -year-old musician and ride share driver from Jefferson Hills who stopped working early in the pandemic over worries about the health of her mother, with whom she shares a house. IThe hardest part was not working,” Stewart said. “I love what I do. I wasn’t able to teach, to drive, to go out and play gigs. It tears you apart in so many different ways.” (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Olafemi Mandley, 59, from Duquesne, decorates a table she uses for an underground supper club with food she’s growing in her backyard, on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Cornell Brunson, 74, at New Day Ministries church in East Pittsburgh, where he’s a member. Brunson and his wife both became infected with COVID-19 in November and he found himself asking, why me? When the benefits stopped coming, he couldn’t stop asking the same question. “When they cut my benefits off, I was again like, why me? What did I do? I didn’t do anything. Why is this going on?” he said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Summer Rogowski poses for a portrait outside her home Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Canonsburg. Ms. Rogowski served in Army intelligence in Iraq and Afghanistan, trying to recruit local Afghans as sources and later to identify IED patterns to save U.S. troops. (Post-Gazette)Adam Zaffuto with his dog Charlie, a six-year of German short-haired pointer, outside his home Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Imperial. Mr. Zaffuto served in the Army, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, engaging Iraqi insurgents in 2009 and 2010 and then the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2013. (Post-Gazette)
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