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 truck run by Miller Transfer of Rootstown, Ohio moves a nearly 70-foot-long building onto the Rt. 51 off ramp en route to Greensburg on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Elizabeth Township. The 9-axle tractor-trailer combination traveled south on the northbound lanes of Rt. 51. Roads along the route were closed for around 30 minutes. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Ceari “Robbie” Robinson and Angel Albright at the Cathedral of Learning Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 in Pittsburgh. The two have been chosen as the student CEOs of two new Saxby Cafes on the University of Pittsburgh campus – the Cathedral of Learning and the Hillman Library. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Caley Donovan, a refugee caseworker for the Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh, shop Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at the Walmart in Carnegie. Ms. Donovan is shopping for the new apartment of an Afghan family that arrived in the United States and connected with JCFS about receiving resettlement services. (Post-Gazette)Window washer Peter Carmody wipes away the last smudges from the storefront glass at Little’s Shoes on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2021. Carmody has been washing windows throughout the city since 2002. Quite often he stops his work to open doors for customers. “Hopefully it gives them a hint of happiness,” he said. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Jackson Catanzaro, right, of Oakmont, and a sophomore at Robert Morris University, assist incoming freshmen Devin McArdle-Larrow, of Lincoln Place, center, moves into the dormitory Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Robert Morris University in Moon. Mr. McArdle-Larrow is also assisted by other family members. (Post-Gazette)People hold signs and chant during a meeting of the North Allegheny School District school board regarding the district’s mask policy, Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at at North Allegheny Senior High School in McCandless, Pa. On Monday, a federal judge reinstated a mask mandate after a group of parents filed an injunction to require masks. Previously, the school board voted to overturn the superintendent’s decision to require masks, making them optional for everyone. The meeting was postponed because not all the audience wore masks. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette via AP)Hill Jordan, of Stanton Heights, speaks during a House State Government Committee hearing designed to gather input from residents on congressional redistricting Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Bridgeville. (Post-Gazette)Roofer Dave Danylo uses a torch to solder a joint on copper box gutters on a century old house in Emsworth on April 6, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette) Dr. Brooke Decker, left, of Marshall, Director, Infection Prevention, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, argues with Dana Gibson, right, of McCandless, about Ms. Gibson’s opposition to a mask mandate for students, while Everlee Craddock, of Baden, looks on, before the North Allegheny School District school board regarding the district’s mask policy, Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at at North Allegheny Senior High School in McCandless. On Monday, a federal judge reinstated a mask mandate after a group of parents filed an injunction to require masks. Previously, the school board voted to overturn the superintendent’s decision to require masks, making them optional for everyone. The meeting was postponed because not all the audience wore masks. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette via AP)Students arrived masked to Memorial Elementary School, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Bethel Park. In a heated school board meeting the previous evening, the Bethel Park School District voted to amend the district’s health and safety plan and require all students, staff and visitors to wear masks inside the district’s schools. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Mackenzie Komar, 6, of Latrobe, gives her calf Nora a kiss as she practices walking her on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at the Westmoreland Fair. This was Komar’s first year showing cattle with her family. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool warms up during practice Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers linebacker Devin Bush works through a steamy afternoon practice Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Graycee Moody, 6, of Uniontown, plays in the Youghiogheny River in Cedar Creek Park, Tuesday, August 24, 2021, in Rostraver. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Stan Drummond, a 30-year employee at the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center, speak to members to the media during a press conference Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, outside the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center in Lincoln-Lemington. (Post-Gazette)Diane Turnshek, an astronomer and special faculty with the Physics Department at Carnegie Mellon University speaks in support of the Dark Sky Lighting legislation for all city parks, facilities and street lights to reduce unnecessary light pollution at a press conference at the National Aviary on the North Side Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi during practice at on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2021, on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Pitts Jake Renda (88) during practice at on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2021, on the South Side. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Steelers cornerback Mark Gilbert pulls in a pass during practice Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Teacher Shelley Zelei, left, plays with Blair W. on the first day of school at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in Edgewood. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Students walk across the parking lot on the first day of school at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in Edgewood. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Teacher Christie Homell, center, with Zachary R. And Marie D. on the first day of school at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in Edgewood. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)North Allegheny High School students can be seen wearing masks while riding a school bus at the end of the school day on Monday, August 23, 2021, in McCandless. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Nicolas Nabors, a barber, and owner of Ramsey’s Place, gives a fresh cut to Denairo Price, 11, of Vandergrift, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at Ramsey’s Place in Vandergrift. Mr. Nabors, along with barber Ismael Santiago and hairstylist Casey Walsh, volunteered their time providing free back-to-school haircuts to any student in prekindergarten through 12th grade. The event was sponsored by the Kiski Valley Lancers Youth Football and Cheer Organization and Ramsey’s Place. “The goal is to get as many kids as possible with fresh cuts,” said Kyle Harris, president of the youth football organization.” (Post-Gazette)Ismael “Ish” Santiago, a barber, gives a fresh cut to Jeremiah Evans, 8, of Vandergrift, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at Ramsey’s Place in Vandergrift. Nicolas Nabors, a barber and owner of Ramsey’s Place, along with barber Ismael Santiago and hairstylist Casey Walsh, volunteered their time providing free back-to-school haircuts to any student in prekindergarten through 12th grade. The event was sponsored by the Kiski Valley Lancers Youth Football and Cheer Organization and Ramsey’s Place. “The goal is to get as many kids as possible with fresh cuts,” said Kyle Harris, president of the youth football organization.” (Post-Gazette)Nicolas Nabors, a barber and owner of Ramsey’s Place, gives a fresh cut to Karson Ludwiczak, 5, of North Apollo, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at Ramsey’s Place in Vandergrift. Mr. Nabors, along with barber Ismael Santiago and hairstylist Casey Walsh, volunteered their time providing free back-to-school haircuts to any student in prekindergarten through 12th grade. The event was sponsored by the Kiski Valley Lancers Youth Football and Cheer Organization and Ramsey’s Place. “The goal is to get as many kids as possible with fresh cuts,” said Kyle Harris, president of the youth football organization.” (Post-Gazette)Senior members of student council chat with Noe Ortega, the state’s secretary of education, at Mt. Lebanon High School Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Earlier, Ortega discussed health safety measures during a press conference at the school. Monday was the first day of class at Mt. Lebanon. Students are, from left, Sam Bailey, Mckenzie Hughes, Sydney Saba and Madeline Thompson. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)
Logan McDowell, 4, of Johnstown, holds a balloon from Picklesburgh while walking with her mom Jessica after leaving the festival, Sunday, August 22, 2021, on the North Shore. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The Heinz pickle balloon floats above the Andy Warhol Bridge during Picklesburgh, Sunday, August 22, 2021, on the North Shore. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Valerie, Daniel, and Emanuel Quezada, ages 5, 9, and 11, of Monroeville, look cymbals during a music demonstration at the Back-to-School Bash event hosted by the Latino Community Center with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday, August 22, 2021, at PNC Park on the North Shore. The event offered families information about services from partner organizations and children received backpacks full of school supplies and other children’s activities. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Jessica, 7, and Jayce Johnson, 11, of Carrick, pick out backpacks full of school supplies during the Back-to-School Bash event hosted by the Latino Community Center with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday, August 22, 2021, at PNC Park on the North Shore. The event also offered families information about services from partner organizations and other children’s activities. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Antonia Pastos, 8, of Beechview, hugs her new backpack full of school supplies during the Back-to-School Bash event hosted by the Latino Community Center with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday, August 22, 2021, at PNC Park on the North Shore. The event also offered families information about services from partner organizations and other children’s activities. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Justin Tognarine, a North Side resident and the director of team and community engagement at the Carnegie Science Center, has slime dunked on him as part of the Carnegie Science Center’s Mess Fest on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at the Science Center on the North Shore. Anyone who answered a science question correctly could throw a bean bag at a target to try to dunk Tognarine. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Gavin Metzger, 7, of Wilmerding, makes a big bubble as part of the Carnegie Science Center’s Mess Fest on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at the Science Center on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Justin Tognarine, a North Side resident and the director of team and community engagement at the Carnegie Science Center, watches as a bean bag thrown by Luciana Passerrello, 7, of Sewickley, just misses a target that would spill slime on him as part of the Carnegie Science Center’s Mess Fest on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at the Science Center on the North Shore. Anyone who answered a science question correctly could throw a bean bag at a target to try to dunk Tognarine. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Rylee Warner, 8, left, and her brother Bentley Warner, 5, both of Syracuse, New York, use squirt guns to paint a wall as part of the Carnegie Science Center’s Mess Fest on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at the Science Center on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Children watch as Anuva Ghosalkar, a volunteer at the Carnegie Science Center makes “elephant toothpaste” out of hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, white vinegar, and yeast as part of the Carnegie Science Center’s Mess Fest on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at the Science Center on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pro pogo stick athlete Henry Cabelus, of New Hope, Pa., does a flip on his pogo stick during the freestyle finals of Pogopalooza, the Pogo World Championships, on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A crowd of spectators and fellow pro pogo stick athletes watch Henry Cabelus, of New Hope, Pa., compete in the freestyle finals of Pogopalooza, the Pogo World Championships, on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pro pogo stick athlete Duncan Murray does a trick on his pogo stick during the freestyle finals of Pogopalooza, the Pogo World Championships, on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pro pogo stick athlete Michael Mina, of Colorado Springs, competes in the freestyle finals of Pogopalooza, the Pogo World Championships, on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pro pogo stick athlete Michael Mina, center, of Colorado Springs, celebrates with other pogo stick athletes after competing in the freestyle finals of Pogopalooza, the Pogo World Championships, on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pro pogo stick athlete Russ Kaus, of Fairfax, Va., does a trick on his pogo stick during the freestyle finals of Pogopalooza, the Pogo World Championships, on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pro pogo stick athlete Nic Patino, of New Hope, Pa., competes in the freestyle finals of Pogopalooza, the Pogo World Championships, on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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Dr. Brooke Decker, left, of Marshall, Director, Infection Prevention, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, argues with Dana Gibson, right, of McCandless, about Ms. Gibson’s opposition to a mask mandate for students, while Everlee Craddock, of Baden, looks on, before the North Allegheny School District school board regarding the district’s mask policy, Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at at North Allegheny Senior High School in McCandless. On Monday, a federal judge reinstated a mask mandate after a group of parents filed an injunction to require masks. Previously, the school board voted to overturn the superintendent’s decision to require masks, making them optional for everyone. The meeting was postponed because not all the audience wore masks. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette via AP)
