{"id":14065,"date":"2019-06-07T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=14065"},"modified":"2019-06-07T08:46:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T12:46:48","slug":"the-week-in-photos-may-31-june-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2019\/06\/07\/the-week-in-photos-may-31-june-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The week in photos: May 31-June 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

The week in photos in Pittsburgh as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists.<\/p>\n

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World War II veteran Henry Parham, 97, of Wilkinsburg, salutes during the performance of taps at a D-Day 75th anniversary ceremony, Thursday, June 6, 2019, on the front patio at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. His wife, Ethel, is at left, and U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, is at right. On D-Day, Mr. Parham waded ashore in waist-deep water at Omaha Beach. He was in the third wave and spared the worst of the horror the first wave of infantry endured. Still, he spent more than two months on that beach with the 320th Anti-aircraft Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only black combat unit to serve at Normandy. (Nate Guidry\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bob Rivers, a reenactor from The Furious Fourth WWII Living History Group, smiles for a selfie with Danaijah Williams as his group marches in honor of local service members killed on D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Downtown. (Delia Johnson\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Salutatorian Ryane Smalley, 19, of Scranton, receives cheers and high fives from staff and students as she makes her way through the hallway of The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf with other graduating seniors at the school, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Swissvale. “This is a second home to me. The staff and my friends have become a family,” said Smalley through interpreter Josh Walterhouse, of Trafford. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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From left, Cheyenne Sloan, 18, of Adrian, gets some help with her graduation gown from Colleen McHale, 18, of Sunbury, and Ryane Smalley, 19, of Scranton, as they prepare to make the traditional march through the halls of The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf with other graduating seniors, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Swissvale. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dustin Schneider, 39, of Mount Washington, cuddles with his service dog, Spangler, a 3-year-old German Shepherd, after the Passing of The Leash ceremony, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Duquesne University. Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs helped to match the dogs with their partners. (Lake Fong\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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West Allegheny celebrates with their student section after beating Connellsville, 3-2, during the WPIAL 5A championship, Friday, May 31, 2019, at Peters Township High School. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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West Allegheny head coach Mindi McFate receives hugs from her children Brooks, 2, Brogan, 5, and Brady, 7, after the softball team beat Connellsville, 3-2, during the WPIAL 5A championship, Friday, May 31, 2019, at Peters Township High School. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Roger Day, of Squirrel Hill, plays his tuba in Frick Park, Saturday, June 1, 2019, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Brewers Christian Yelich steals second base against Pirates shortstop Cole Tucker in the 10th inning, Saturday, June 1, 2019, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Students from the Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company perform in “The Sleeping Beauty Suite” during the Pittsburgh’s Youth Ballet Company annual Spring Performance dance recital, Saturday, June 1, 2019, at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fans reach to pull in a home run ball hit by Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman against the Pirates in the ninth inning, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at PNC Park. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beaver Falls lineman Kyzer Cleckley, left, stands on a stack of tires while catching his breath as lineman Tyrell Riggins works on his blocking technique during practice, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at Beaver Falls High School. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Angela Krimm, of McKeesport, mother of Morgan Dunston, center, rests her head in her hand as mourners pay their respects during the visitation and funeral service of her daughter Morgan, Friday, May 31, 2019, at Willig Funeral Home in McKeesport. Morgan was shot and killed outside the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community Center on May 24. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Adam Bah, 3, joins his father and hundreds of others during 8:30 a.m. prayers at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh’s Eid al-Fitr festival at Flagstaff Hill, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in Schenley Park. The Bah family, originally from Guinea-Conakry, now live in the Hill District. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patricia Lewis, front left, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and fellow educator and activist Hope Anne Dueck, center, of Zanesville, Ohio, co-founder of A Better Way, at the A Better Way conference, Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Zanesville Alliance Church. Mrs. Dueck says she wants lawmakers to hold the Amish and Mennonite to the same standards under the law that they do other groups of people. Read: Mennonite and Amish sexual abuse victims find each other and find their voices.<\/a>\u00a0(Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joanna Yoder, 48, of Mifflinburg, turns her face to the sun in the fields of her grandparents’ former farm, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Mt. Hermon, Ky. “The entire day, it felt like God was smiling. And you know, I’m probably not going to feel that in the next couple weeks,” said Joanna. “Things are going to get hard.” Read about Ms. Yoder’s journey South to confront her past and report abuse.<\/a> (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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