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.
Fordham center Rostyslav Novitskyi fouls Duquesne forward Tre Williams in the first half, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Participants take off from the start line to run the Cupid’s Chase 5K, a fundraising event hosted by Community Options, Inc. which benefits housing and employment for people with disabilities, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, on the North Shore. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette) Pitt’s bench reacts to a call made against them during their game against NC State on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Jessica Regula, of Murrysville, lines up her play while curling at Sliders Curling, a seasonal bar-style ice curling rink that is part of Lumberjaxes Axe Throwing in Millville, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette) Pitt midfielder Abby Thorne runs through her teammates as she’s introduced before taking on Duquesne, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at Highmark Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt lacrosse fans cheer for their team as they take on Duquesne, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at Highmark Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt attacker Kierin Ratliff-Kailbourne dives to score her team’s first-ever goal against Duquesne, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at Highmark Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pitt midfielder Dylana Williams congratulates attacker Kierin Ratliff-Kailbourne after she scored her team’s first-ever goal against Duquesne, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at Highmark Stadium. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Tammy Sutton, from Churchill, and her pal, Paris, 4, navigate the snowy, slushy trails of the Churchill Valley Greenway Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Churchill. The two enjoy walks everyday at the converted Churchill Valley Country Club. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Leizel Smith, center, and other fourth graders at Shady Side Academy Country Day School rehearse before their performance of City of Innovation, an original musical spotlighting Pittsburgh’s innovators, on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, inside Shady Side Academy Country Day School’s Great Hall in Fox Chapel. In the musical, students sang about historical Pittsburgh innovative people and organizations including playwright August Wilson, public television station WQED-TV, engineer Bertha Lamme, jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams, and Magee Womens Hospital. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey speaks about addressing violence during the Stop the Violence Rally and Prayer Vigil hosted by South Pittsburgh Coalition for Peace on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, inside Lighthouse Cathedral in St. Clair. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) Jurassic Quest star Safari Sarah with her pet dinosaur Tyson greets Camden Rape, a fifth-grader at Haine Elementary during a visit from the Jurassic Quest hosts Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Cranberry. The dinosaur trainers stopped by the school to visit Dylan LaDieu, the young author of “Dylan Draws Dinosaurs” and his fifth-grade class and to promote the Jurassic Quest exhibit at the David Lawrence Convention Center February 11-13. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Jaida Walker, front, along with other cheerleaders, hand out t-shirts and cups with Clairton Bears inscribed on them during a pep rally Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, inside the Paulette Bradford Memorial Gymnasium at Clairton High School in Clairton. Elementary, middle and high school students, faculty and local residents gathered in the gymnasium for a rally in support of Tyler Boyd, whose Cincinnati Bengals team are facing the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl. Mr. Boyd graduated from Clairton High School in 2013. (Post-Gazette)In a pre-recorded message, Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tyler Boyd offer words of encouragements to the students of Clairton Educational Center Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, inside the Paulette Bradford Memorial Gymnasium at the Clairton High School in Clairton. Elementary, middle and high school students, faculty and local residents gathered in the gymnasium for a pep rally in support of Mr. Boyd, whose Cincinnati Bengals team are facing the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl. Mr. Boyd graduated from Clairton High School in 2013. (Post-Gazette)Elementary, middle and high school students, faculty and local residents scream “Tyler Boyd” during a pep rally Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, inside the Paulette Bradford Memorial Gymnasium at the Clairton High School in Clairton, Pa. They gathered for the rally to show support for Mr. Boyd whose Cincinnati Bengals team are facing the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl. Mr. Boyd graduated from Clairton High School in 2013. (Post-Gazette)Billy Stotler, 5, of Oakmont, pretends to be driving the iconic Pittsburgh Trolley Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at the Heinz History Center in the Strip District. Stotler was visiting the History Center with other family members. (Post-Gazette)Kassandra Stotler, of Oakmont, assists Charlie McClure, 1, of Oakmont, during an arts and craft class at the Heinz History Center Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in the Strip District. About six kids and their family members participated in a program for kids titled “Hop into History.” The monthly interactive program for kids ranging in age from 3 to 5, explore the people, places and stories that make Pittsburgh unique. (Post-Gazette)With temperatures over 50 degrees, Mary Miller, far left, Nicole Sunday and Jasmine Bunger, employees of Go Dog Go, walk 19 dogs around Schenley Oval Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Oakland. Because of the warmer temperatures, people were walking, jogging, throwing frisbees and playing tennis. “It’s doesn’t get any better than this,” a woman said as she jogged along the street. (Post-Gazette)With the temperature over 50 degrees, Dov Schuler, 14, of Squirrel Hill, rides a unicycle in Schenley Oval Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Oakland. Other people were seen walking, jogging, playing tennis and throwing frisbees. (Post-Gazette)As snow falls, dog walkers and their packs make their way through Frick Park, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Artist Marlon Gist works on a painting alongside his daughter Mila Gist, 5, in his home studio in Aliquippa, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Mr. Gist creates abstract and realistic pieces in a range of mediums, and is interesting in creating more murals in the future. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Workers begin the process of removing debris from the Fern Hollow Bridge Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Frick Park. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Workers begin the process of removing debris from the Fern Hollow Bridge Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Frick Park. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Exhaust rises from the Clairton Coke Works Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Clairton. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)Kim Cruze, from Summer Hill sorts and hangs clothes for display at the Goodwill in Lawrenceville Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A Port Authority worker walks along the closed ramp to the Palm Garden Bridge (or the Saw Mill Run Boulevard bridge) Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beltzhoover. The bridge, which is used by only Port Authority buses and light rail vehicles, will remain closed indefinitely. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A sign posted announcing the changes to the bus schedule at the Palm Garden Station on the South Busway due to the closure of the Palm Garden Bridge (or the Saw Mill Run Boulevard bridge) Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beltzhoover. The bridge, which is used by only Port Authority buses and light rail vehicles, will remain closed indefinitely. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Work vehicles are seen on a portion of the South Busway that runs over Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Mount Washington, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Port Authority closed the span on Friday after engineers found a portion of the bridge had shifted. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Lena Chen, of Point Breeze, Mahrissa Palmer, of Squirrel Hill, and Isabel Robinson, 12, of Alliance, Ohio, make Valentine’s Day cards for incarcerated sex workers and immigrants in detention centers during an event organized by Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) Pittsburgh, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, at Proud Haven on the North Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette) #standaloneSupporters and family and friends of Peter Bernardo Spencer, who was fatally shot in Venango County in December, listen to a friend reminisce about Mr. Spencer during a vigil to honor his life and call for justice and answers about his death, which is still being investigated, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Highland Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Carmela King, the fiancé of Peter Bernardo Spencer, who was fatally shot in Venango County in December, speaks about Mr. Spencer during a vigil to honor his life and call for justice and answers about his death, which is still being investigated, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Highland Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A Public Works truck can be seen at the site of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Frick Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Laryssa Charest, of Carnegie, fills a to-go container with soup during St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s annual Souper Bowl to raise money for the National Ukrainian Orthodox League’s Souper Bowl Sunday and St. Andrew’s soup kitchens in Ukraine on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, inside the church’s social hall in Carnegie. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)From left, Chris Mills, of Moon, Sebastian Charest, 7, of Carnegie, and Tracey Sally, of Coraopolis, apply wax to pysanky, Ukrainian painted eggs, during a pysanky making event on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, inside St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s social hall in Carnegie. “It takes patience, but once you do it a few times, it’s fun,” Charest said. The church has an egg sale on April 10 and makes pysanky on Sundays for about two months leading up to the sale. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Tracey Sally, of Coraopolis, holds her pysanky, a Ukrainian painted egg, up to a flame to melt the wax off of it during a pysanky making event on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, inside St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s social hall in Carnegie. The church has an egg sale on April 10 and makes pysanky on Sundays for about two months leading up to the sale. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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