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.
Rev. Brenda Henry, of East Carnegie, Pa. with Pittsburgh Lutheran United Ministries, and Rev. Jennifer Peters McCurry, of Pittsburgh, with First English Evangelical Lutheran Church, worship during a service on Juneteenth, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in the parking lot across from PPG Paints Arena in the Hill District, to rededicate the site that once held the Bethel AME Church before it was seized via eminent domain as part of the demolition for the Civic Arena site in the 1950s. The event aimed to gain support for the congregation’s goal to have the land returned to them and to build a multipurpose community building. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Brooke Jackson, 8, left, of Wilkins Twsp., watches as Vimmyah Brown 7, of Mckeesport finishes her painting provided by Paint with Rissa on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at the first Mon Valley Juneteenth festival at Clairton Park in Clairton. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Ayanna Bennett, 16, a performer with Alumni Theater Company, dances in honor of Juneteenth and as part of Carnegie Museum of Art’s Inside Out series on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in the Carnegie Museum of Art’s outdoor courtyard. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)(L-R) Londell “Dash” Robinson holds a PS4 remote next to Daejon Robinson, Mason Wade, Dion McBride Jr., and Daejon Rob, who reaches for his remote after losing a video game while Rashayla Snowden and Coach Dion McBride watch the boys play video games in Mellon park celebrating Juneteenth on June 19, 2021. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)(L-R) Coach Dion McBride of Penn Hills talks to Dion McBride Jr., Daejon Robinson, Jordan Hancock, and Michael Ford from the Pittsburgh Elite flag football team play a game in Mellon park celebrating Juneteenth on June 19, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)People worship during a service on Juneteenth, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in the parking lot across from PPG Paints Arena in the Hill District, to rededicate the site that once held the Bethel AME Church before it was seized via eminent domain as part of the demolition for the Civic Arena site in the 1950s. The event aimed to gain support for the congregation’s goal to have the land returned to them and to build a multipurpose community building. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees pray during a service on Juneteenth, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in the parking lot across from PPG Paints Arena in the Hill District, to rededicate the site that once held the Bethel AME Church before it was seized via eminent domain as part of the demolition for the Civic Arena site in the 1950s. The event aimed to gain support for the congregation’s goal to have the land returned to them and to build a multipurpose community building. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees, including Rev. Dorothy Stubbs, second from right, of Pittsburgh a pastor with New Evangelistic Ministries, worship during a service on Juneteenth, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in the parking lot across from PPG Paints Arena in the Hill District to rededicate the site that once held the Bethel AME Church before it was seized via eminent domain as part of the demolition for the Civic Arena site in the 1950s. The event aimed to gain support for the congregation’s goal to have the land returned to them and to build a multipurpose community building. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Members of the Sankofa Drum and Dance Team, Aysiah-Imani Miller, left, and Johnna Mullen, right, perform at Point State Park for the Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 18, 2021. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Remi Freeman, 6, of Sheraden, worked at a Lego table at the WPA Juneteenth Youth Fest at Mellon Park on Friday, June 18, 2021 in Pittsburgh. The Youth Fest, for children and youth ages 6-17, continues Saturday and Sunday and includes a flag football tournament, basketball tournament, fun zone, deck hockey and gaming zone. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Tosin Adebay of Braddock, prepares to cook hamburgers for the Safe A Life Today Pittsburgh booth at the WPA Juneteenth Youth Fest at Mellon Park on Friday, June 18, 2021 in Pittsburgh. The Youth Fest, for children and youth ages 6-17, continues Saturday and Sunday and includes a flag football tournament, basketball tournament, fun zone, deck hockey and gaming zone. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Beavers Bailey Nicol tags out Tunkhannocks Gabby Wood on a rundown in the PIAA 4A championship Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Beard Field at Lion Softball Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Beaver teammates celebrate after defeating Tunkhannock in the PIAA 4A championship Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Beard Field at Lion Softball Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Bethel Park teammates celebrate after defeating Red Land in the PIAA 5A championship Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Shenangos Ethan Bintrim picks off Schuylkill Havens Jack Higgins at first base in the PIAA Class 2A Championship Friday, June 18, 2021, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A firefighters on the scene of a large structure fire that destroyed Idlewood Industries on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Vanport. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Firefighters on the scene of a large structure fire that destroyed Idlewood Industries on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Vanport. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Firefighters on the scene of a large structure fire that destroyed Idlewood Industries on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Vanport. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Dave DÕIncau from Wilkinsburg pauses to wave to a passer-by while creating a painting of the house on the corner of Center Street and Woodworth Avenue Wednesday, June 16, 2021 in Wilkinsburg. He has been working on the painting, a gift for a friend, for a few days at the corner. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)From left, Cathy McKinley, of Suttons Bay, Michigan, and Donna and Lee Ridenour, from Tyler, Texas on a Pittsburgh Tour Company double-decker bus as it goes over the Andy Warhol Bridge on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Downtown. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)A group of volunteers, from left, Cindy Ohmori, Michelle Bryant-Kyles, Chris Harris, Dawn Stolarki, and Dominic Victoria, partnering with Grounded Strategies and Duquesne Light Company add a flower bed to one of two vacant lots maintained by neighbor Khadijah Bey during a volunteer event in honor of Juneteeth on Friday, June 18, 2021, in Homewood. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Rabbi Yossi Rosenblum, CEO of Yeshiva Schools, poses in the old St. Rosalia Catholic School on June 18, 2021, in Greenfield. The Catholic School will become the new Boys Yeshiva School and dormitory to accommodate boys from out of town for 7th to 12th graders. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Halifaxs Brody Stoneroad slides safely into home plate against Eden Christians Malachi Manges in the PIAA 1A championship Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Linebacker Quincy Roche does a drill during minicamp at Heinz Field on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)Mitchell Atieno, left, of Pittsburgh, rides a bicycle with the help of Mirnela Grcic, right, an employee of South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM) Thursday morning, June 17, 2021, during a group bike-riding activity with SHIM’s summer camp for kids. The group biked four miles along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail from Millvale as a part of an outing with the organization Venture Outdoors. (Sarah Simpson/Post-Gazette)Houses along Sharon St. in the South Side Slopes neighborhood photographed on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Dr. Richard J. Wadas, UPMC emergency medicine, Dr. Denise Johnson, Department of Health Acting Physician General, and Dr. Debra Bogen, Allegheny County Health Director, watch Michelle Adams with the professional staff at UPMC demonstrate personal protective equipment during a tour of the COVID-19 testing and treatment facility at UPMC Outpatient Center South Side, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Workers removed debris from a heavily damaged plasma donation center on the North Side on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The Biomat building on Western Avenue has been closed since Saturday, when a vehicle traveling at high speed crashed into the structure, killing two employees and another person. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Workers removed debris from a heavily damaged plasma donation center on the North Side on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The Biomat building on Western Avenue has been closed since Saturday, when a vehicle traveling at high speed crashed into the structure, killing two employees and another person. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Juliette Estevez follows her older brother Osias in Mellon Park on June 15, 2021, in Squirrel Hill. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Cyclists race during an event through the Allegheny Cycling Association at the Highland Park Bike Track on June 15, 2021, in Highland Park. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hands off to running back Najee Harris during minicamp Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers running back Najee Harris works through drills during minicamp Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers tight end Eric Ebron reacts to a teammates’s play during minicamp Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Heinz Field. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Talyah Jeter, a graduate of the Barack Obama Academy of International Studies, waits for the commencement ceremony to begin, Sunday, June 13, 2021, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Dinasia Brown celebrates after receiving her diploma from the Barack Obama Academy of International Studies, Sunday, June 13, 2021, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Uswatun Fuadin and Zharia White hug after the graduation ceremony for the Barack Obama Academy of International Studies, Sunday, June 13, 2021, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Larry McKay from Wilkinsburg sits on a stoop talking with a neighbor about the sink-hole from a water-line break that incapacitated his car parked on Hampton Avenue Monday, June 14, 2021 in Wilkinsburg. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A water-line break and resulting sink-hole closes Hampton Avenue Monday, June 14, 2021 in Wilkinsburg. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Protesters, including the events organizer Maren Cooke, who is holding up a physical copy of the petition, speak to the staff of County Executive Rich Fitzgerald in his office while delivering a petition with more than 300 signatures calling on him to withdraw his support of the fracking and petrochemical industries, Monday, June 14, 2021, Downtown. Mr. Fitzgerald was not in his office at the time. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Nicole Ball from Penn Hills holds her umbrella during a rainstorm on June 14, 2021, in East Liberty. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)Workers paint lines on Heinz Field on Monday, June 14, 2021, on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Brian Beach, district executive of Laurel Highlands Council at Boy Scouts of America, salutes while leading the Pledge of Allegiance during the Boy Scouts Flag Day ceremony at the Flag Plaza Scout Center, Monday, June 14, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Aiden Forrest, 17, an Eagle Scout, holds the flag. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Festival attendees picnic during the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Point State Park on Sunday, June 13, 2021. (Jack Myer/Post-Gazette)From left, Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley, former Steelers teammates, and Steelers outside linebacker Alex Highsmith participate in a prayer for Tunch Ilkin, who was diagnosed with ALS, at the Light of Life Rescue Mission’s 19th Annual Tunch & Wolf’s Walk for the Homeless on Sunday, June 13, 2021, on the Great Lawn on the North Shore. The money raised during this year’s walk will go towards the “Thanks a Million” campaign with a goal to raise $1 million in honor of Ilkin and Wolfley “Tunch & Wolf” supporting the Mission for 35 years. The campaign will help fund the renovation of a building that will be home to long-term residential programs. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Zoe Dunlap, 9, of South Fayette, dances with Kristi Lang, of South Fayette, both with the fundraising team “Kristi’s Crusaders”, while waiting for the program to start during the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s annual Pittsburgh Take Steps fundraiser drive-in event, Sunday, June 13, 2021, on the North Side. The Take Steps fundraiser raises awareness and funds to support people living with inflammatory bowel disease and to increase the pace of research. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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