The day in pictures in Pittsburgh and around the region as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists.
Seneca Valley’s Graham Hancox passes the ball to Luke Lawson for a touchdown against Penn Hills on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Seneca Valley’s NexTier Stadium in Harmony. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Seneca Valley’s Luke Lawson reacts after scoring a touchdown against Penn Hills in the second quarter on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Seneca Valley’s NexTier Stadium in Harmony. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Seneca Valley’s Aiden Lyczek, left, and Luke Lawson celebrate after Lawson scored a touchdown against Penn Hills in the second quarter on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Seneca Valley’s NexTier Stadium in Harmony. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Lin Wong, from China and Maria McCormick, from Australia take the Oath of Citizenship during a special women’s Naturalization ceremony honoring National Women’s Equality Day at the Senator John Heinz History CenterFriday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Inha Kotsur, from Belarus and Siobhan Donovan, from Ireland take the Oath of Citizenship during a special women’s Naturalization ceremony honoring National Women’s Equality Day at the Senator John Heinz History CenterFriday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Seneca Valley players run onto the field before their game against Penn Hills on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Seneca Valley’s NexTier Stadium in Harmony. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Seneca Valley cheerleaders cheer on their team before their game against Penn Hills on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Seneca Valley’s NexTier Stadium in Harmony. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)The Seneca Valley student section cheers on their team before their game against Penn Hills on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Seneca Valley’s NexTier Stadium in Harmony. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Erie Feaster of the Lincoln Rams football team for ages 5-6 listens intently to his coach, Chris Ransome, before the beginning of the second half of a youth football game at the football field at Chadwick Playground in Lincoln-Lemington on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)World War II veteran Mike Melosky gets a kiss from Patricia Bowers, a member of the 17th Airborne Scions, during a celebration of Melosky’s 97th birthday in White Oak on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Both Melosky and Bowers’ father Thomas Miller served in the 17th Airborne. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Conductor Manfred Honeck talks with Melia Tourangeau, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pauline Kao, the consul general for the U.S. Consulate General in Düsseldorf, and Dusseldorf Mayor Stephan Keller after the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s concert at Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Saturday, August 27, 2022, in Dusseldorf, Germany. Looking on is . (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra violinist Andrew Fuller practices ahead of rehearsal, Saturday, August 27, 2022, before the orchestras concert at Tonhalle Dusseldorf, a concert hall in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)World War II veteran Mike Melosky gets a kiss from Patricia Bowers, a member of the 17th Airborne Scions, during a celebration of Melosky’s 97th birthday in White Oak on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Both Melosky and Bowers’ father Thomas Miller served in the 17th Airborne. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Audience members react after a movement in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras concert at Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Saturday, August 27, 2022, in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Conductor Manfred Honeck leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during their concert at Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Saturday, August 27, 2022, in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Conductor Manfred Honeck jokes with staff members after coming off stage after conducting two encores during the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras concert at Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Saturday, August 27, 2022, in Dusseldorf, Germany. Mr. Honeck is drinking a local beer, a post-concert tradition for the conductor while on tour. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Max Thein, owner of THEIN Brass, a handmade brass horn maker, shows trombone bells to Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra second trombone Jim Nova as he tries out trombones in the shop and factory in Bremen, Germany, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette) #PSOeuropeInstrument makers work on brass horn instruments in the workspace of THEIN Brass, a handmade brass horn maker in Bremen, Germany, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette) #PSOeuropeWesley Nance, second trumpet with the Rochester Philharmonic and a substitute for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra trumpet warms up for rehearsal at the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany, before their first of two performances in Hamburg, Wednesday, August 24, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Traffic crosses the Ft. Duquesne Bridge early in the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Sue Mackulin, left, of Jefferson Hills, a former school teacher chats with someone as Louise Biddle, 98, smiles after being presented with an plaque by West Jefferson Hills School District Superintendent Dr. Janet Sardon Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson Hills. District officials honored Mrs. Biddle for her decades of service to the community. Mrs Biddle, a resident of West Elizabeth, is a retired school teacher who was hired in 1947 and taught for 37 years. (Post-Gazette)Louise Biddle, 98, of West Elizabeth, speaks to administrators, teachers and staff in the West Jefferson Hills School District after being honored for her decades of service Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson Hills. Superintendent Dr. Janet Sardon presented Mrs. Biddle with a plaque during the short ceremony. Mrs. Biddle is a retired school teacher who was hired in 1947 and taught for 37 years. (Post-Gazette)Ed DeMarco, of Stanton Heights, gets some exercise in while riding his three wheel recumbent bike around the Bud Harris Cycling Track Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, on Washington Boulevard in Highland Park. (Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterbacks Kenny Pickett and Mitch Trubisky talk during practice, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky warms up during practice, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers president Art Rooney II and minority owner Thomas Tull talk with former quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as he visits practice, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)People pray during the ground-breaking for the Masjid Anisa Mosque in the Manchester neighborhood on the North Side Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Imam Hamza Perez with the The Light of the Age Mosque prays during the ground-breaking for the Masjid Anisa Mosque in the Manchester neighborhood on the North Side Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Alex Brewer, technical program manager at Meta Reality Labs, explains Mugsy during a tour of the Meta office in the Strip District Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. The company demonstrated their newest generation of AR and VR in their quest for a better avatar representation in the Metaverse. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette) Willie Maynard, in orange vest, lockmaster at Montgomery Locks and Dam in Monaca, tells Mitch Landrieu, left, White House senior advisor and infrastructure implementation coordinator, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, center, and Jaime Pinkham, right, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, how the locks work and why they need to be improved. (Ed Blazina/Post-Gazette)Brooke Clark, right, 14, a student at Pittsburgh CAPA, watches as Kari Burnham, a lieutenant with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, demonstrates the proper way to perform CPR during the Girl’s Fire Camp Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Hill District. The week-long camp is designed for teenage girls to learn about firefighting and possibly jump-start a career with the city’s bureau. (Post-Gazette)Kim Lucas, the director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, speaks during a meeting to discuss improvements to be made at the Forbes, Dallas, and Beechwood intersections near the Fern Hollow Bridge site on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh Girls School & Early Learning Center in Squirrel Hill. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)A group runs on Schenley Drive on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor candidate Austin Davis speaks during a rally to kick off the United Steelworkers election efforts on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, outside the USW International Headquarters Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, speaks during a rally to kick off the United Steelworkers election efforts on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, outside the USW International Headquarters Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, speaks during a rally to kick off the United Steelworkers election efforts on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, outside the USW International Headquarters Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, speaks during a rally to kick off the United Steelworkers election efforts on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, outside the USW International Headquarters Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, speaks during a rally to kick off the United Steelworkers election efforts on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, outside the USW International Headquarters Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)USW International President Tom Conway speaks during a rally to kick off the United Steelworkers election efforts on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, outside the USW International Headquarters Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Noraa Alston, with Dreamz Hair Salon, styles the hair of Skylur Bloxsom, 13, of the South Side, during Pittsburgh Public School’s Back-to-School event on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. The event included a school supply distribution, hair cuts, and manicures. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Children get their hair cut and styled by stylists from Dreamz Hair Salon during Pittsburgh Public School’s Back-to-School event on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. The event included a school supply distribution, hair cuts, and manicures. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Skylur Bloxsom, 13, of the South Side, gets her hair done by Noraa Alston, with Dreamz Hair Salon, during Pittsburgh Public School’s Back-to-School event on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. The event included a school supply distribution, hair cuts, and manicures. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver Steven Sims pulls in a ball during practice, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver Cody White carries during practice, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett throws during practice, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett hands off to running back Anthony McFarland Jr. during practice, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Steelers wide receiver Cody White pulls in a ball during practice, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Marc Dorsey, with Dreamz Hair Salon, gives a haircut to Itsuki Tsunoda, 6, of Shadyside, during Pittsburgh Public School’s Back-to-School event on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. The event included a school supply distribution, hair cuts, and manicures. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Public Schools superintendent Wayne Walters, left, and Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey read “I Am Every Good Thing” by Derrick Barnes to London Wade, 9, of the Hill District, and other children during Pittsburgh Public School’s Back-to-School event on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. The event included a school supply distribution, hair cuts, and manicures. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Romeiro Johnson, 4, looks at the book “I Am Every Good Thing” by Derrick Barnes while eating pizza during Pittsburgh Public School’s Back-to-School event on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. The event included a school supply distribution, hair cuts, and manicures. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Rishala Broughton, Pittsburgh Public Schools’ project manager for cross-district partnerships, gives a manicure to Saffina Barlybay, 6, of Dormont, during Pittsburgh Public School’s Back-to-School event on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Heinz Field on the North Shore. The event included a school supply distribution, hair cuts, and manicures. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Damage from a lightning strike is seen on St. Boniface Catholic Church, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Damage from a lightning strike is seen on St. Boniface Catholic Church, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)From left, Judy Pudup, a firefighter with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, Angel Epondulan, 17, a student at Taylor Allerdice High School, Colleen Walz, a retired deputy Fire Chief, Isabella Fero, 17, a student at Taylor Allerdice High School, Brooke Clark, 14, a student at Pittsburgh CAPA and Lindsay Bihler, a lieutenant with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire participates in a team building exercise during the first day of the Girl’s Fire Camp Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Hill District. (Post-Gazette)Lisa Epps-Cudsa, fire inspector and fire prevention officer with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, speaks to students during the first day of a Girl’s Fire Camp Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Hill District. (Post-Gazette)From left, Judy Pudup, left, a firefighter with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, Angel Epondulan, 17, a student at Taylor Allerdice High School, Lindsay Bihler, a lieutenant with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, and others participates in a team building exercise during the first day of the Girl’s Fire Camp Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Hill District. (Post-Gazette)High school students and officials with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire participate in team-building exercises during the first day of the Girl’s Fire Camp Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Hill District. (Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey encourages students to pursue careers as firefighters during the first day of a Girl’s Fire Camp Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Hill District. (Post-Gazette)Steve Parker, of Connecticut, leads the way down the Blvd of the Allies followed by his daughter Shea, who is moving onto the Point Park University campus Downtown for her freshman year with help from her mom, Heidi and brother, Parker Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Michelangelo Pellis, of Greensburg and his mom Carla start the trek from the parking lot to a Point Park University dorm room Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)“It’s stressful but overall pretty good,” said Ava Bennett, left, who watches while her brother Conor, 15, and mom Amy discuss strategies for moving belongings into a dorm room at the University of Pittsburgh during move-in day on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Ava, 18, is a freshman from Buffalo, NY. She plans on studying biological sciences. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Mom Elisa Mandelos gives son Christian a tearful goodbye hug during move-in day at the University of Pittsburgh on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Christian, 18, is a freshman at the school. At left, is his sister Makenzie, 14. The family lives in Long Island, NY. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Christine Wankiiri-Hale, left, chats with daughter Malaika, 18, while waiting in line to enter Nordenberg Hall at the University of Pittsburgh during move-in day on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Malaika will be a freshman. At right is her brother Mateo Wankiiri-Hale, 13; dad Ken Hale and brother Makko Wankiiri-Hale, 13. “I did this myself 28 years ago,” said mom Christine, a Pitt alum and instructor in Pitt’s school of dental medicine. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Conor Bennett, 15, left, helps sister Ava load up a cart with her belongings during move-in day at the University of Pittsburgh on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Ava, 18, is a freshman from Buffalo, NY. “It’s stressful but overall pretty good,” she said of the day. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Dr. James Luketich, left, with attorney Efrem Grail appear for a hearing in Common Pleas Court Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, in the City-County Building in Pittsburgh. (Post-Gazette)Dr. James Luketich, left, with attorney Efrem Grail appear for a hearing in Common Pleas Court Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, in the City-County Building in Pittsburgh. (Post-Gazette)Kathy Fertig, of Bethel Park, pets Beyonce, the 11-month-old mixed breed dog available for adoption, during the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh’s Pet-a-Palooza on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, at the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh’s East Side Campus on the North Side. The event allowed visitors to meet the animals at the shelter and learn about the adoption process. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Tim McGlothlin, of Kennedy, holds out his hands in case Mickey, a one-month-old kitten available for adoption, jumps off of the arm of Kayleigh Moon, of Crafton, during the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh’s Pet-a-Palooza on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, at the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh’s East Side Campus on the North Side. The event allowed visitors to meet the animals at the shelter and learn about the adoption process. Moon said she was looking for a young cat or dog to adopt possibly. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Morningside Bocce’s Tony Mannella, center, throws his ball while Lombardo Concrete’s Frank Lombardo, left, and Morningside Bocce’s Teddy Bover watch during the championship game during the 20th annual Little Italy Days festival on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Bloomfield. Morningside Bocce won the championship 12-5. The bocce tournament is organized through volunteers and donations. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Morningside Bocce’s Darryl Romano, right, reacts after throwing his bocce ball during the championship game against Lombardo Concrete during the 20th annual Little Italy Days festival on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Bloomfield. Morningside Bocce won the championship 12-5. The bocce tournament is organized through volunteers and donations. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)From left, Morningside Bocce’s Tony Mannella and Lombardo Concrete’s Frank Lombardo and August Mazza react after Morningside Bocce get a point during the championship game during the 20th annual Little Italy Days festival on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Bloomfield. Morningside Bocce won the championship 12-5. The bocce tournament is organized through volunteers and donations. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Alexis Cipcic, left, of Elizabeth, dances with her mother Loretta Dongilli, of Castle Shannon, as Let’s Groove Tonight, an Earth, Wind, and Fire cover band, performs on Liberty Avenue during the 20th annual Little Italy Days festival on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, in Bloomfield. “We come every year,” Cipcic said. “We love it.” (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
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