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Week in Photos: June 20 – 26

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.

A car accident between a Chevy truck and an AHN Allegheny General Employee Shuttle on Federal Steet on June 24, 2021, in North Shore.(Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)
Pirates left fielder Ben Games watches as a fan pull in a home run ball hit by Indians Harold Ramirez in the fifth inning, Sunday, June 20, 2021, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Muralist Kyle Holbrook, of Wilkinsburg, stops for a photo as he restores an older mural and paints a new one calling for a stop to gun violence, Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in Homewood. The original mural was painted in 2007, by Mr. Holbrook, Maghail Sahara, and Ernest Bey, and the message remains the same, “Stop Gun Violence and Peace over Pittsburgh.” The mural is a part of the Moving Lives of Kids (MLK) Community Mural Project. (Post-Gazette)
Joanna Sewell, back, of Swissvale, watches her class of 4-5 year-olds at the Brightside Academy on June 21, 2021, in Squirrel Hill. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)
Dr. Divya Venkat, left, and Dr. Yenny Cabrera-Kapetanos harvest vegetables from their garden atop the Hemlock Street Parking Garage Monday, June 21, 2021, at Allegheny General Hospital on the North Side. (Post-Gazette)
Matt Roble, left, of Latrobe, watches as Scott Day, of Richmond, Ohio, tosses one of his drumsticks as they play with other members of Pittsburgh Steeline outside Heinz Field on Monday, June 21, 2021, on the North Shore. People were greeted by the drumline, which usually performs at Steelers home games, as they entered the stadium for a Rooney Ireland Funds dinner and gala. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
City of Pittsburgh fire fighters work to extinguish a two-alarm fire at a home in the 600 block of Murtland Avenue Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in Homewood. (Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Coraopolis, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris, center, greets Mayor Bill Peduto as Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald looks on as she arrives at the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Coraopolis, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
People wave from their porch as the motorcade carrying Vice President Kamala Harris passes on its way to Brookline Memorial Recreation Center in Brookline, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris greets children participating in Citicamp, a summer program by the Pittsburgh Department of Parks and Recreation, at the Brookline Memorial Recreation Center in Brookline, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris talks to children participating in Citicamp, a summer program by the Pittsburgh Department of Parks and Recreation, at the Brookline Memorial Recreation Center in Brookline, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris greets Stella Quatrini during an event to speak about the child tax credit at Brookline Memorial Recreation Center in Brookline, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris laughs after speaking to Stella Quatrini, lower right, during an event to speak about the child tax credit at Brookline Memorial Recreation Center in Brookline, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event about the child tax credit at Brookline Memorial Recreation Center, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Evelyn McMullen Stephens from the Alpha Alpha Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority gives flowers to Vince Evans, on the staff of Vice President Kamala Harris, to pass on to Vice President Harris on her first visit to Pittsburgh on June 21, 2021, in South Side. “We just want to show her some love and support,” said McMullen Stephens. “We welcome her to Pittsburgh, we’re so happy that she’s coming here to address some of our city needs.” (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)
Secret Service officers wait outside of the IBEW union hall for Vice President Kamala Harris’s arrival on Monday, June 21, 2021, in the South Side. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)
From left, Jackie Blakey-Tate, Toni Kendrick, Carla Jackson, Patrice Johnson, Marisa Jamison, Evelyn McMullen Stephens, Peggy B. Harris, and Dottie Debow, all of the Alpha Alpha Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, cheer for their sorority sister and Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrives at the IBEW union hall on June 21, 2021, in South Side. (Ben Braun/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris greets participants in a labor task force roundtable at the IBEW Local 5 union hall on the South Side, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Vice President Kamala Harris lead a labor task force roundtable at the IBEW Local 5 union hall on the South Side, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh listens to a participant in a labor task force roundtable at the IBEW Local 5 union hall on the South Side, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Vice President Kamala Harris listen to Jennifer Chow, second from right seated, a Communications Workers of America union member, speak about her concerns during a labor task force roundtable at the IBEW Local 5 union hall on the South Side, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris and local and state government leaders, seen reflected in glass, listen as a participant speaks during a labor task force roundtable at the IBEW Local 5 union hall on the South Side, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Jennifer Chow, second from right, a Communications Workers of America union member, wipes tears after becoming emotional while speaking about her concerns about joining a union and inequalities in her field during a labor task force roundtable at the IBEW Local 5 union hall on the South Side, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh speak to Wynne Lanros, Amanda Parks, and Rachel Davis, contractors for Google who formed a union, at the IBEW Local 5 union hall on the South Side, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
A line of traffic can be seen on Northbound Rt. 28 on Monday, June 21, 2021, in Sharpsburg. The exit ramp from Rt. 28 to the Highland Park Bridge closed Monday morning with a detour through downtown Sharpsburg. The three-month-long detours affect traffic headed north on the highway. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
A group of campers warm up before the start of Wilson’s Baseball Camp at Aspinwall Park on Monday, June 21, 2021, in Aspinwall. The camp for 6-10 year olds is in its 30th year of teaching the fundamentals of the game to players in the Fox Chapel area. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

Morris Sinclair, of Ghana, and the creative director of the Blank Slate Monument, talks about the monument Monday, June 21, 2021, at the August Wilson African American Culture Center, Downtown. The traveling exhibit explores the African American experience before, during and after the Civil War. (Post-Gazette)

People dance along to a choreographed line dance led by instructor Roland Ford at the Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Juneteenth Freedom Days Celebration at Point State Park, Sunday, June 20, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Monet Wilson, of Washington, Pa., raises her hands in the air, which she said was to honor her late father who “is in heaven,” during a Father’s Day inspired line dance led by instructor Roland Ford, who said he choreographed the dance in honor of his own late father, at the Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Juneteenth Freedom Days Celebration at Point State Park, Sunday, June 20, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)