{"id":22982,"date":"2021-07-20T10:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=22982"},"modified":"2021-07-26T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T18:37:25","slug":"week-in-photos-july-18-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2021\/07\/20\/week-in-photos-july-18-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Week in Photos: July 18-24"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Santillo, in an Abraham Lincoln costume, leads a parade during the revealing of a new bronze Abraham Lincoln statue at the intersection of Penn Avenue and Ardmore Blvd. on Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Wilkinsburg. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ethan Hermann wins the Unstoppable heat of the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile on Friday, July 23, 2021, in Downtown. (Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jennifer Orchard waits backstage in the Hartwood Acres Amphitheater before she performs Old MacDonald with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Allison Park. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Byron Stripling plays the trumpet with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Allison Park. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spectators wait for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to start their performance at the Hartwood Acres Amphitheater, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Allison Park. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A cellist claps as a fellow musician in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra receives compliments from Byron Stripling at the Hartwood Acres Amphitheater on Friday, July 23, 2021, in Allison Park. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Runners start the One for Fun heat of the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile in Downtown on Friday, July 23, 2021. (Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Anthony Paget gets a high five as he finishes the Kids of Steel heat of the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile on Friday, July 23, 2021, in Downtown. (Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Alison Treaster hugs her daughter, Sammy, after finishing the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile in Downtown on Friday, July 23, 2021. (Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ethan Hermann wins the Unstoppable heat of the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile on Friday, July 23, 2021, in Downtown. (Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Logan Minick, 18, and Devan Taylor, 20, of Plum, hold a lighted lantern in memory of Thomas Dojonovic, who was 16 when he took his own life two years ago, at their high school on July 21, 2021, in Plum. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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McKaley Taylor, 17, of Plum, releases a lit lantern in memory of Thomas Dojonovic, who was 16 when he took his own life two years ago, as they gather at their high school on July 21, 2021, in Plum. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Friends hold a lit lantern in memory of Thomas Dojonovic, who was 16 when he took his own life two years ago, as they gather at their high school on July 21, 2021, in Plum. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mayor Bill Peduto hands a pen to Gianna Finnigan, 10, of Arlington, at Ormsby Community Recreation Center after the mayor signed an executive order calling for a youth bullying prevention policy for all city-run youth programs on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, on the South Side of Pittsburgh. Finnigan said two of her bucket list items were checked off during the event, meeting the mayor and being on the news. “I got the pen that made a law!,” said Finnigan after the event. (Andrew Rush\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lieutenant Joseph Garrison, left, and Captain Joseph Janosko who volunteered to help rescue victims in the Surfside, Fl. condo collapse, receive and hold their awards of gratitude from Mayor William Peduto in the mayor’s office on July 21, 2021, in Downtown. (Ben Braun\/Post-Gazette via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Holding a bottle of milk, Cora Fekety, 9, left, of South Park, and Cami Kelley, 9, of Moon Township, give “Indie,” a two-week old calf milk during the “Little Farmers Camp” Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at Blue Ribbon Farms in Aliquippa, Pa. More than 120 kids participated in the camp, which focused on events ranging from horseback riding and pickle making, to feeding animals. (Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Raheem Zanuwa, 2, of Observatory Hill, holds the hand of his 4-year-old sister, Nima, during prayer at the Attawheed Islamic Center’s Eid-Al-Adha celebration at Settlers Cabin Park on Tuesday, July\u00a0 Nima, 2021, in Collier Twp. (Andrew Rush\/Post-Gazette)
\"\"Hamad Althawadi, 4, of Mt. Lebanon, with his father Othman, during prayer at Attawheed Islamic Center’s Eid-Al-Adha celebration at Settlers Cabin Park on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Collier Twp. (Andrew Rush\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Rivers Casino as seen on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, on the North Shore. (Emily Matthews\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Denele Hughson, executive director of Grow Pittsburgh, and Russell Redding secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, tour the Garden Dreams Urban Farm & Nursery Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Wilkinsburg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ahdahni Yasaan, 6, of Brighton Heights, plays connect four at Family Day in Allegheny Commons Park, an event for families and children hosted by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Sunday, July 18, 2021, near the park\u0092s Northeast Fountain on the North Side. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kate Carrigan Hill, of Churchill, protests with others the proposed plan to have Amazon move into the old Westinghouse location on Monday, July 19, 2021, outside the Churchill Borough office building, where a meeting about the plan was taking place. Residents are concerned about the increase in traffic, noise, the destruction of 1400 trees and other green spaces, and the air pollution that would result from Amazon moving in. (Emily Matthews\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Twin siblings Quentin and Sylvia Ogg, 3, of McCandless, watches as Jason Kirin, of Lawrenceville, who is with the Pittsburgh Circus Arts Collaborative, performs as his character \u0093Zero\u0094 at Family Day in Allegheny Commons Park, an event for families and children hosted by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Sunday, July 18, 2021, near the park\u0092s Northeast Fountain on the North Side. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Parishioners worship during the sermonic selection portion of Central Baptist Church\u2019s outdoor service to celebrate its 130th anniversary on Sunday, July 18, 2021, in the church\u2019s lower parking lot in the Hill District. (Emily Matthews\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Seniors play a card game called \u201cChase the 8s\u201d at the newly reopened Sheridan Healthy Active Living Center on Monday, July 19, 2021. From left are Rita Ernharth, 87, of Sheraden; Rose Paulin, 81, of Kennedy Twp.; Dolores Bickel, 88, of Sheraden; Diane Pritchard, 61, of Ingram. Pittsburgh\u2019s senior centers have been closed because of COVID-19 since March 2020. The Sheraden center was one of three that reopened on Monday. \u201cThey\u2019re like a little family,\u201d said Gloria Townsend, program supervisor for the city\u2019s seniors. \u201cThat\u2019s what they missed. That\u2019s what they\u2019re coming back to.\u201d (Steve Mellon\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A container of water is seen on Atlantic Avenue in McKeesport, Monday, July 19, 2021. Residents were told not to use their tap water after it was possibly contaminated by fire suppressing foam. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shaman Pomaj Chakmamm of the Iroquois Confederacy of the Aborigine American People speaks at a rally on Monday, July 19, 2021, at Freedom Corner in Crawford-Roberts calling to pause the allocation of $335 million in federal relief money given to the city so the needs of Pittsburgh\u00eds marginalized communities can be recognized. (Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spectators admire the cars during the Walnut Street Invitational Car Show in Shadyside on Monday, July 19, 2021.
(Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spectators admire the cars during the Walnut Street Invitational Car Show in Shadyside on Monday, July 19, 2021. (Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Attendees pose for a photo before a rally on Monday, July 19, 2021, at Freedom Corner in Crawford-Roberts calling to pause the allocation of $335 million in federal relief money given to the city so the needs of Pittsburgh\u2019s marginalized communities can be recognized. (Jack Myer\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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