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.
Tyler Boyd (right center), Cincinatti Bengals wide receiver and Clariton native, shaking hands with a young athlete attending the Western Pennsylvania Youth Athletic Association football summer camp on Saturday, July 9th 2022 (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)
Tyler Boyd (center), Cincinatti Bengals wide receiver and Clariton native, speaking with one of the coaches and young atheletes attending the Western Pennsylvania Youth Athletic Association football summer camp on Saturday, July 9th 2022 (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)
Tyler Boyd (center), Cincinatti Bengals wide receiver and Clariton native, practicing with a young athelete attending the Western Pennsylvania Youth Athletic Association football summer camp on Saturday, July 9th 2022 (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)
The Riverhounds’ Toby Sims kicks the ball against Miami on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Highmark Stadium in Station Square. The Riverhounds won 4-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
The Riverhounds’ Jesse Williams and Miami’s Joaquin Rivas go after the ball on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Highmark Stadium in Station Square. The Riverhounds won 4-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Fans reacts as the Riverhounds’ Toby Sims collides with Miami’s Joaquin Rivas on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Highmark Stadium in Station Square. The Riverhounds won 4-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Fans celebrate after the Riverhounds score their first goal of the game against Miami on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Highmark Stadium in Station Square. The Riverhounds won 4-1. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
People react to music at the Doobie Brothers concert on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Michael McDonald waves to the crowd as he walks on as part of the Doobie Brothers set on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. It is McDonald’s first tour back with the Doobie Brothers in over 25 years. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Patrick Simmons, left, and John McFee greet the crowd at the Doobie Brothers concert on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Michael McDonald performs as part of the Doobie Brothers set on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. It is McDonald’s first tour back with the Doobie Brothers in over 25 years. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Tom Johnston, right, performs at the Doobie Brothers concert on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Tom Johnston performs at the Doobie Brothers concert on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Patrick Simmons, left, Tom Johnston, center, and John McFee, right, perform at the Doobie Brothers concert on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Patrick Simmons performs at the Doobie Brothers concert on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Nicole Burgess, 28, from Pittsburgh, watches her daughter, Dylan, 2, paint at an urban farmers brew market and fundraiser at Sankofa Village Community Farm and Garden in Homewood South on Saturday, July 9, 2022. The event was hosted by Farm to Table Buy Local and Barrel and Flow. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)
Pallbearers carry the casket of Oakdale police Officer Charles G. Stipetich, 23, out of the Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home in Blawnox, Saturday, July 9, 2022, during a procession and funeral service for Mr. Stipetich, who was killed while off duty Sunday night following a road rage incident, according to Allegheny County police. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Deena Stipetich watches pallbearers carry the casket of her son Oakdale police Officer Charles G. Stipetich, 23, out of the Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home in Blawnox, Saturday, July 7, 2022, during a procession and funeral service for Mr. Stipetich, who was killed while off duty Sunday night following a road rage incident, according to Allegheny County police. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Police officers and other mourners watch pallbearers carry the casket of Oakdale police Officer Charles G. Stipetich, 23, out of the Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home in Blawnox, Saturday, July 7, 2022, during a procession and funeral service for Mr. Stipetich, who was killed while off duty Sunday night following a road rage incident, according to Allegheny County police. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Oakdale Police Chief Jim Lauria, right, and another Oakdale Police officer stand and salute as pallbearers carry the casket of Oakdale police Officer Charles G. Stipetich, 23, out of the Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home in Blawnox, Saturday, July 7, 2022, during a procession and funeral service for Mr. Stipetich, who was killed while off duty Sunday night following a road rage incident, according to Allegheny County police. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Pallbearers carry the casket of Oakdale police Officer Charles G. Stipetich, 23, out of the Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home in Blawnox, Saturday, July 7, 2022, during a procession and funeral service for Mr. Stipetich, who was killed while off duty Sunday night following a road rage incident, according to Allegheny County police. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Firefighters from the Undercliff and Millvale volunteer fire departments hang a flag over Mt. Royal Boulevard, where a procession of police and mourners passed while traveling from the Thomas M. Smith Funeral Home in Blawnox to Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Glenshaw, Saturday, July 7, 2022, for the funeral service for Oakdale police Officer Charles G. Stipetich, 23, who was killed while off duty Sunday night following a road rage incident, according to Allegheny County police. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Police officers stand and salute as pallbearers carry the casket into Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Glenshaw, Saturday, July 7, 2022, for the funeral service for Oakdale police Officer Charles G. Stipetich, 23, who was killed while off duty Sunday night following a road rage incident, according to Allegheny County police. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Oakdale Police Chief Jim Lauria places his hand on the casket of Oakdale police Officer Charles G. Stipetich, 23, during his funeral service at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Glenshaw, Saturday, July 7, 2022. Mr. Stipetich was killed while off duty Sunday night following a road rage incident, according to Allegheny County police. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Ashlee Jones shoots a basket while playing a game at the Big Butler Fair on Friday, July 8, 2022, in Prospect. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Ausha Terry reacts to riding a bull at the Big Butler Fair on Friday, July 8, 2022, in Prospect. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
Ausha Terry falls off the bull at the Big Butler Fair on Friday, July 8, 2022, in Prospect. (Maya Giron/Post-Gazette)
From left: Swissvale Borough Manager Greg Bachy and Department of Public Works Employees Ross Camillo, Matthew Dillard Jr. and Dylan Amos build fencing around Washington Street Bridge, which closed to the public Friday, July 8, 2022, in Swissvale. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)
Sean McCarthy and his daughter Regan McCarthy ride the spinner at the Community Carnival & Cookout at Turner-Friendship Park put on by the Penn Hills Rotary and North Bessemer Volunteer Fire Department in Penn Hills, PA., on July 8, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)
Kamar Williams-Jenks rides down the super slide at the Community Carnival & Cookout at Turner-Friendship Park put on by the Penn Hills Rotary and North Bessemer Volunteer Fire Department in Penn Hills, PA., on July 8, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)
Protesters pause briefly on Smithfield Street during the Justice for Jayland Walker rally on Friday, July 8, 2022, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Protesters march down Grant Street during the Justice for Jayland Walker rally on Friday, July 8, 2022, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Rally organizers use megaphones to address the crowd during the Justice for Jayland Walker rally on Friday, July 8, 2022, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Protesters participate in the Justice for Jayland Walker rally on Friday, July 8, 2022, Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Hannah Marvio, a University of Pittsburgh senior biochemistry student from Delaware, relaxes in a hammock while eating yogurt near the Cathedral of Learning Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Oakland. (Post-Gazette)
A person looks at the poster made and held by Lisa Petrilli, during a silent vigil for women’s reproductive rights in protest of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, at the East Liberty Church along Penn Avenue, on July 7, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)
Two-year-old Charlotte Long of Shaler attempts to complete a set of pushups alongside sisters Keally and Lily Zickefoose, 10 and 13, of North Hills Wednesday, July 6, 2022, during basketball training with the girls’ grandfather, former North Catholic basketball coach Dave Long, at Ross Municipal Center Park in Ross Township. The group of roughly a dozen kids meet at the court three times a week during the summer to work on their skills with their grandfather’d guidance. Charlotte’s dad was a basketball player and took an interest about the same age as her” Mr. Long says.. “So it’s great to see [Charlotte] take that same interest. It’s rare to see that at this age.” (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)
Tyler Fazio, 21, hands out an animal cracker for Merrylegs after a ride at Camp Rock at Storm Harbor Equestrian Center in Slippery Rock, Pa., on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Vanessa Abbitt/Post-Gazette)
Mayor Ed Gainey greets a boy riding his bike after attending a meeting of South Side bar owners at Carson City Saloon to address issues in the neighborhood, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, on East Carson Street on the South Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Fans of the Riverhounds react to their win Riverhounds 1-0, during the second half of the Indy Eleven Vs. Riverhounds soccer game at Highmark Stadium on July 6, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)
Riverhounds Dane Kelly chest bumps the ball into play during the first half of the Indy Eleven Vs. Riverhounds soccer game at Highmark Stadium on July 6, 2022. (Mattie Neretin/Post-Gazette)
Roger Waters, singer and songwriter, performing “Powers That Be” during his tour “This Is Not a Drill” in the PPG Paints arena on Wednesday, July 6th 2022. (Joseph Phillippi/Post-Gazette)
Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Pirate Bill Mazeroski talks with Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton before he throws out the first pitch before the team takes on the Yankees, Tuesday July 5, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Bill Mazeroski throws out the first pitch before the Pirates take on the Yankees, Tuesday July 5, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Bill Mazeroski acknowledges the crowd before throwing out the first pitch before the Pirates take on the Yankees, Tuesday July 5, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
People react as they go upside down on the Fireball ride on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at the 166th annual Big Butler Fair. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Emma Mershimer, 14, who is part of the Butler County 4-H mounted drill team, cleans her 23-year-old horse Jazz on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at the 166th annual Big Butler Fair. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Siblings Norah Kennedy, 4, left, and Briar Kennedy, 6, both of Valencia, Pa. watch as Daisy, the two-year-old calf, feeds from its mother Lilac on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at the 166th annual Big Butler Fair in Prospect Borough, Pa in Butler County, Pa.. The cows are part of the Harold F. Family Farm in Valencia. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette via AP)
Jayden Matuke, 15, left, and Noah Kuhta, 15, both of Butler, ride the Sky Hawk on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at the 166th annual Big Butler Fair. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
For Local. Under the cover of an umbrella, a pedestrian crosses the Swindell Bridge as rain falls Tuesday, July 5, 2022, on the North Side. The nearly century old bridge was closed last week to traffic after construction led to debris falling from the underside of the structure onto Interstate 279. (Post-Gazette)
A pedestrian crosses North Charles Street heading towards Perrysville Avenue as the rain falls Tuesday, July 5, 2022, on the North Side. (Post-Gazette)
Fireworks explode over Pittsburgh Monday, July 4, 2022, from Mount Washington. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)
Alice Robinson, 7, reacts as family members spray July Fourth confetti Monday, July 4, 2022, outside their home on Grandview Avenue in Mount Washington. (Morgan Timms/Post-Gazette)
A boy waits for fireworks in the evening at the Fireworks Celebration held by Findlay Township Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Findlay. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
A boy wearing festive clothing blows up a matching ball at the Fireworks Celebration held by Findlay Township Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Findlay. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Vanessa Weber, of McMurray, puts a balloon hat on Wells Turner, 3, of Imperial, at the Fireworks Celebration held by Findlay Township Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Findlay. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Joe Pelan, of South Park, a member of the Olive Miller Homestead Association, Arwen Cunning, 5, and her mother Kate Cunning, of Washington, a docent at the David Bradford House, demonstrate period crafts during Liberty Day, a celebration of Independence Day featuring historical reenactors, information and activities, at the Oliver Miller Homestead in South Park, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Arwen Cunning, 5, puts on sunglasses while demonstrating hat mending with her mother Kate Cunning, of Washington, a docent at the David Bradford House, during Liberty Day, a celebration of Independence Day featuring historical reenactors, information and activities, at the Oliver Miller Homestead in South Park, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Reenactors and veterans stabilize a liberty pole tied with ribbons with the names of veterans and active duty military written on them by visitors during Liberty Day, a celebration of Independence Day featuring historical reenactors, information and activities, at the Oliver Miller Homestead in South Park, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Rohan Goel, 6, of Boston, Mass., picks out a lollipop after playing a duck pond game during Carnegie’s Independence Day celebration on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Carnegie Park. Goel was in town to visit relatives who live in Carnegie. The celebration included games, face painting, food, music, a bouncy house, and fireworks. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Divya Goel, 6, of Boston, Mass., picks out a prize after playing a duck pond game during Carnegie’s Independence Day celebration on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Carnegie Park. Goel was in town to visit relatives who live in Carnegie. The celebration included games, face painting, food, music, a bouncy house, and fireworks. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Divya Goel, 6, of Boston, Mass., smiles after getting her face painted as a unicorn by Achē Anderson, of Beanie Paints, during Carnegie’s Independence Day celebration on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Carnegie Park. Goel was in town to visit relatives who live in Carnegie. The celebration included games, face painting, food, music, a bouncy house, and fireworks. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
People skateboard as part of July Jams, which included skateboarding contests, games, and jams as well as live music and food, on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Carnegie Park’s Pitcher Memorial Skatepark in Carnegie. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
A person skateboards as part of July Jams, which included skateboarding contests, games, and jams as well as live music and food, on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Carnegie Park’s Pitcher Memorial Skatepark in Carnegie. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Pirates second baseman Tucupita Marcano pulls in a ball hit by Brewers first baseman Rowdy Tellez in the first inning, Sunday, July 3, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Pirates right fielder Bligh Madris steals second base against Brewers shortstop Willy Adames in the second inning, Sunday, July 3, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Pirates left fielder Jack Suwinski reaches to pull in a line drive hit by Pirates designated hitter Andrew McCutchen in the fourth inning, Sunday, July 3, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Pirates pinch hitter Tyler Heineman hits the dirt after hitting a foul ball against the Brewers in the ninth inning, Sunday, July 3, 2022, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Caiden Hunt, 8, of Glassport, rejoices when the firefighter group he supported wins the battle of the barrel on Brownsville Road, Brentwood, in front of the Brentwood municipal building on Sunday afternoon, July 3, 2022. Every July 3, local firefighters divided into different groups to compete on two sides of the road, splashing water against a metal barrel hanging on a string. Whichever team pushes the barrel to the opponent’s end wins. (Alicia Chiang/Post-Gazette)
Emma, 5, of Brentwood, covers her head as firefighters splash water in the middle of Brownsville Road, Brentwood, in front of the Brentwood municipal building on Sunday afternoon, July 3, 2022. Every July 3, local firefighters divided into different groups to compete on two sides of the road, splashing water against a metal barrel hanging on a string. Whichever team pushes the barrel to the opponent’s end wins. (Alicia Chiang/Post-Gazette)
Tonya Lahickey, 18, firefighter of Library Volunteer Fire Company (Station 271), put her firefighter helmet on her relative Taya Reick, 5, of South Park, Pa., after a round of the battle of the barrel on Brownsville Road, Brentwood, in front of the Brentwood municipal building on Sunday afternoon, July 3, 2022. Every July 3, local firefighters divided into different groups to compete on two sides of the road, splashing water against a metal barrel hanging on a string. Whichever team pushes the barrel to the opponent’s end wins. (Alicia Chiang/Post-Gazette)
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