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.
Protesters pack Grant Street, Downtown, to express their anger over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday, June 24, 2022.. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey addresses a Downtown crowd protesting the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)A sign depicting the late Supreme Court justice and women’s rights trailblazer Ruth Bader Ginsburg is held up at a pro-choice protest after the Supreme Court Decision overturning Roe V. Wade on June 24, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)Laura Horowitz poses for a portrait at a pro-choice protest after the Supreme Court Decision overturning Roe V. Wade at the Pittsburgh City-County Building on June 24, 2022. She has been a member of the Pittsburgh Pro-Choice Escorts for over 40 years, working to walk individuals in and out of sexual health clinics when they may not be able to on their own for various reasons. “We’re here so they don’t have to be alone, sometimes I think if I wasn’t there, they wouldn’t even get out of the car” (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)The Pirates’ Oneil Cruz reacts in the dugout after scoring in the second inning against the Cubs on Monday, June 20, 2022, at PNC Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mila Mcallister, 2, and her father Cedric Mcallister, both of Weirton, W. Va., look at and touch Orville the corn snake, who was being held by Tayler Parco, a zoo staff member, on Sunday, June 19, 2022, at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium in Highland Park. The zoo was offering free admission to fathers attending with their children in celebration of Father’s Day. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Elya Mohammed, 5, of Brookline, runs to try to get a kite in the air while attending the World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration in Schenley Plaza, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Oakland. The event is organized by Jewish Family and Community Services Pittsburgh in collaboration with other resettlement agencies and local organizations that work with refugee and immigrant communities. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Ilhame Zanzlune, of Baldwin, applies henna to a womans hand during the World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration in Schenley Plaza, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Oakland. The event is organized by Jewish Family and Community Services Pittsburgh in collaboration with other resettlement agencies and local organizations that work with refugee and immigrant communities. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Elizabeth Ketcham, 10, of Braddock Hills, looks at art made by Suham Hmedawi, of the South Side, who is running a booth at World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration in Schenley Plaza, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Oakland. The event is organized by Jewish Family and Community Services Pittsburgh in collaboration with other resettlement agencies and local organizations that work with refugee and immigrant communities. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A boy stands among adults getting information from the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh booth at the World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration in Schenley Plaza, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Oakland. The event is organized by Jewish Family and Community Services Pittsburgh in collaboration with other resettlement agencies and local organizations that work with refugee and immigrant communities. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Vendors show off items at their booths at World Refugee Day and Immigrant Heritage Month Celebration in Schenley Plaza, Monday, June 20, 2022, in Oakland. The event is organized by Jewish Family and Community Services Pittsburgh in collaboration with other resettlement agencies and local organizations that work with refugee and immigrant communities. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The Pirates’ Oneil Cruz tries to make it to third on his three-run RBI in the third inning against the Cubs on Monday, June 20, 2022, at PNC Park. Cruz was called out. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Pirates’ Oneil Cruz walks off the field after being called out at third on his three-run RBI in the third inning against the Cubs on Monday, June 20, 2022, at PNC Park. Cruz was called out. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Pirates’ Oneil Cruz (15) and Bligh Madris (66) jump up as they celebrate their team’s 12-1 win against the Cubs on Monday, June 20, 2022, at PNC Park. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Evangelina Paul, of Lawrenceville, swim some laps at the Highland Park pool Monday, June 20, 2022. (Post-Gazette)Rebecca Osan, of Castle Shannon, sketch while waiting for fish to bite at Lake Carnegie Monday, June 20, 2022, in Highland Park. (Post-Gazette)Trumpeter and singer Dean Alston Jr., of Beltzhoover, and sousaphonist Andrew Hooks, of Bloomfield, leaders of a group called BRASSHOLIO412, perform New Orleans-style second line music Monday, June 20, 2022, at the Highland Park Entry Garden and Fountain in Highland Park. (Post-Gazette)Bella Chen, 3, and Juna Liu, 3, of Squirrel Hill, play with their nanny in Schenley Park Monday, Jun. 20, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Andrew Fornadel, left, of Zelienople, and son Liam, 4, picked up a few small items at TNT Fireworks in Cranberry on Monday, June 20, 2022. Waiting on them is employee Ryan Taylor of Butler. Monday was the first day of business for the location this season. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Lisa Grate, 60, from Mount Pleasant, sits in the pasture at the start of an equine-assisted meditation with Divine Interactions on Monday, June 20, 2022, in Avonmore, Pa. She and the other participants took part in a group meditation, mindful animal interactions, and a soundbath with body scan. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)One of the horses from Divine Interactions Equine Facilitated Wellness, LLC., grazes in the pasture during an equine-assisted meditation on Monday, June 20, 2022, in Avonmore, Pa. Participants engaged in a group meditation, mindful animal interactions, and finished the session with a soundbath and body scan. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)One of the horses from Divine Interactions Equine Facilitated Wellness, LLC., grazes in the pasture during an equine-assisted meditation on Monday, June 20, 2022, in Avonmore, Pa. Participants engaged in a group meditation, mindful animal interactions, and finished the session with a soundbath and body scan. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Some of the horses from Divine Interactions Equine Facilitated Wellness, LLC., graze in the pasture during an equine-assisted meditation while participants pet them on Monday, June 20, 2022, in Avonmore, Pa. Participants engaged in a group meditation, mindful animal interactions, and finished the session with a soundbath and body scan. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)Two horses graze while Hayley Pearlman, 30, from Murraysville, (left) talks with Shanna Aughenbaugh, 31, from Apollo, (right) during an equine-assisted meditation on with Divine Interactions Equine Facilitated Wellness, LLC., on Monday, June 20, 2022, in Avonmore, Pa. Participants engaged in a group meditation, mindful animal interactions, and finished the session with a soundbath and body scan. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)People stop on Bigelow Boulevard between Fifth Avenue and Forbes Avenues to pray at a temporary altar during the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Oakland. The procession started at St. Paul Cathedral and did a one-mile loop through Oakland. It marked the beginning of the National Eucharist Revival, during which it is hoped that Catholics will have a renewed encounter with Jesus and serve as Eucharistic missionaries in response to Pope Francis’ call for the Catholic Church to be “permanently in a state of mission”. The Eucharist revival started on June 19, the feast of Corpus Christi, during which the Catholic Church celebrates the Eucharist. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Eucharistic Procession makes its way down Schenley Drive on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Oakland. The procession started at St. Paul Cathedral and did a one-mile loop through Oakland. It marked the beginning of the National Eucharist Revival, during which it is hoped that Catholics will have a renewed encounter with Jesus and serve as Eucharistic missionaries in response to Pope Francis’ call for the Catholic Church to be “permanently in a state of mission”. The Eucharist revival started on June 19, the feast of Corpus Christi, during which the Catholic Church celebrates the Eucharist. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Eucharistic Procession makes its way down Forbes Avenue on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Oakland. The procession started at St. Paul Cathedral and did a one-mile loop through Oakland. It marked the beginning of the National Eucharist Revival, during which it is hoped that Catholics will have a renewed encounter with Jesus and serve as Eucharistic missionaries in response to Pope Francis’ call for the Catholic Church to be “permanently in a state of mission”. The Eucharist revival started on June 19, the feast of Corpus Christi, during which the Catholic Church celebrates the Eucharist. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Eucharistic Procession makes its way down the steps of St. Paul Cathedral onto Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Oakland. The procession started at St. Paul Cathedral and did a one-mile loop through Oakland. It marked the beginning of the National Eucharist Revival, during which it is hoped that Catholics will have a renewed encounter with Jesus and serve as Eucharistic missionaries in response to Pope Francis’ call for the Catholic Church to be “permanently in a state of mission”. The Eucharist revival started on June 19, the feast of Corpus Christi, during which the Catholic Church celebrates the Eucharist. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Dr. Lean Haley, Bishop Kusserow and Bishop McCloud at Juneteenth, Reparations, and People of Faith Bishop Panel at Bethel AME Church, Hill District, Pittsburgh on Sunday, Jun19 2022.(Alicia Chiang/Post-Gazette)Volunteer Bella Klodowski, 38, of South Side Slopes, packs to-go meal boxes for Joyce Feldman, 69, of Dormont, on Sunday, Jun19, 2022 at North Way Christian Community, Dormont. GROWING Living Stones repurposes precooked food and serves free community dinners on the 3rd and 4th Sunday of every month. “It’s a wonderful program, and they are such nice people,” Feldman said. (Alicia Chiang/Post-Gazette)
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