{"id":16375,"date":"2020-03-06T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T03:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=16375"},"modified":"2020-03-07T17:46:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T22:46:25","slug":"week-in-photos-feb-28-to-march-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2020\/03\/06\/week-in-photos-feb-28-to-march-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Week in Photos Feb. 28 to March 5, 2020."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pirates left fielder Jake Elmore takes the field against the Blue Jays Monday, March 2, 2020, at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Instructor Paul Thompson leads his music students during a rehearsal on Tuesday, March 4, 2020, at Pittsburgh CAPA, Downtown. The students will perform during the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show, where they perform jazz standards each day on the Crawford Grill stage. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A view of the City Skyline with part of the Southside Works complex and the Birmingham Bridge in the foreground, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, from the Greenfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh. (Darrell Sapp\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eakkapab Boonsombat, a Thai fire breather with Silk Elephant, uses Klean-Heat, a kerosene alternative heater fuel, to breathe fire during the Lunar New Year Parade on Sunday, March 1, 2020 on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill. (Emily Matthews\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Anna Franksain, left, and Emily Bishop, both 18-year-old seniors at Mars Area High School, leap into a pool of water at the 2020 Pittsburgh Polar Plunge & Festival to benefit Special Olympics Pennsylvania at Heinz Field on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. About 500 students and teachers from several local schools participated. (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Madison Weiland, of Beaver, left, and Emma Pavelek, of Beaver, embrace after the Beaver girls high school basketball lose the WPIAL Class 3A Girls High School Basketball Championship to Mohawk 44-26, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Entertainers make their way through a crowd at the Epilepsy Association of Western and Central PA\u2019s Mardi Gras Gala on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 at the Westin Convention Center downtown. (Emily Matthews\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tyler Wozniak, 16, of Oakdale, wearing a wig and fake beard, listens as a group of church ushers and security volunteers decide whether or not they would let him into the church during a demonstration led by Terry Berringer, director of Church Emergency Consulting, during a class to teach situational awareness to people working or volunteering in a church or school, hosted by Church Emergency Consulting, at The Bible Chapel, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Carnegie, Pa. In the wake of attacks in schools and houses of worship, the class aimed to teach people who work in those environments how to spot a suspicious person and what to do to respond, in addition to learning when civilians can legally use force to respond to the threat of violence. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Allegheny County Fire investigators investigate the scene of a two-alarm fire at 1710 Willow Street Monday, March 2, 2020, in McKeesport. McKeesport Deputy Fire Chief Ed Harmon said the fire burned the garage and spread to the kitchen and basement area. No one was injured, he said.
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From left, Jen Thoma, of Aspinwall, John Stephen, of Aspinwall, and Stacey Vernallis, of O’Hara, discuss the democratic presidential candidates during a Super Tuesday watch party on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at the American Legion Post 77 in Aspinwall. Thoma said she was frustrated and speechless when it came to the potential candidates, Stephen said he thinks “Biden could be a good healer and chief,” and Vernallis said she is \u00d2voting for turnout\u00d3. (Emily Matthews\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Police Zone 6 Officer J. Bradford, left, and Sly Smith, 9, of Brookline, play chess on Monday, March 2, 2020, at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Brookline. Zone 6 officers come to the library every Monday to play chess with kids and teens. Officer Bradford said he wants to have a chess tournament at the library later this month. (Emily Matthews\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Southmoreland’s Charity Henderson after losing to North Catholic during the WPIAL 4A championship on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. North Catholic beat Southmoreland 61-44. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gary Easterly shoots hoops on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Jefferson Playground in the North Side. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Mohawk girls high school basketball team celebrate after they defeat Beaver 44-26 to win their first WPIAL Class 3A Girls High School Basketball Championship, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Attorney Casey Mullen, who is representing Adam Rosenberg, walks down a private road away from Mr. Rosenberg’s parents’ home off of Settler’s Ridge Road, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Fox Chapel, Pa. The remains of Christian Moore-Rouse, 22, who was reported missing to police in December 2019, were found in the woods next to the private road. Mr. Rosenberg was charged Feb. 20 with the killing of Jeremy Dentel, 28, of Baldwin Borough. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wendell Hissrich, left, director of City of Pittsburgh Public Safety Department, talks with a member of the Pittsburgh Police as he arrives at the scene where officials were investigating an officer getting shot in the leg on Thursday, March 5, 2020, in East Allegheny. Police shut down East Ohio Street between Maddison Avenue and Chestnut Street on the North Side as they investigated. Police report the officer is in stable condition. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Laurel Highlands celebrates after they beat Mars 52-51 to win the WPIAL 5A championship on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wahkeem Roman, of Highlands, left, talks to Luke Cochran, right, as he is overcome with emotions during the Belle Vernon at Highlands WPIAL Class 4A Boys High School Basketball Championship, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Highlands’ head coach Tyler Stoczynski is doused with water after beating Belle Vernon 72-54 during the WPIAL 4A championship on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pirates right fielder Gregory Polanco takes a leap behind Charlie Tilson during drills Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Students sing along to “Sweet Caroline” during Greek Sing, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at Fitzgerald Field House in Oakland. Greek Sing is an annual dancing and singing competition between various fraternities and sororities on Pitt’s campus. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Paul Ortiz, a junior at Fox Chapel Area High School, reacts after his roll during the Special Olympics PA’s Allegheny\/Westmoreland Interscholastic Unified Sports Indoor Bocce Regional Championships on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at Cool Springs Sports Complex in Bethel Park. Twenty-six teams comprised of students with and without intellectual disabilities from 14 local area high schools competed, and the winners will advance to the state championship. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eric Le, a University of Pittsburgh student living in Oakland, dives onto the ping pong table to save the ball, as Eva Brady, also a student living in Oakland, reacts while playing ping pong with friends in Schenley Plaza, Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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North Catholic’s Tess Myers, right, motions “four” for their fourth WPIAL title after beating Southmoreland 61-44 during the WPIAL 4A championship on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":16381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,15,428,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[41],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/SS_WIP0306_07-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1813&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16402,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375\/revisions\/16402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16375"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}