The week in photos: March 8, 2025

A group playes ice hockey in Schenley Park Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)

Yvonne Keafer of Mt. Lebanon joins in a chant at a rally in support of Ukraine outside the offices of Sen. Dave McCormick and Sen. John Fetterman on Grant St. Downtown Monday, March 3, 2025. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)

Fans use their cell phone lights during a memorial celebration of Mike Lange’s career and life at the PPG Paints Arena before the Penguins take on the Washington Capitols on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. Mike passed away on the 19th and was a beloved play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Penguins for 46 years. (Benjamin B. Braun/Post-Gazette)

Tre Brunson, 13, of the North Side, pitches during a practice at Pittsburgh Hardball Academy in Shadyside Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)

Greensburg Central Catholic’s Erica Gribble (23) Jayla Peterson (12) and Erica Rodriguez (54) celebrate their 56-51 win over Shady Side Academy with teammates in the girls basketball 3A WPIAL Championship at the Petersen Events Center Thursday, Feb 27, 2025. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)

Amy Cook of Harrison City feeds a Bali Myna bird at the National Aviary on the North Side Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)

Deacon Thomas J. Berna puts a cross of ash on an attendee of Ash Wednesday mass at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.(Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

A runner travels on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail alongside an icy Allegheny River on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Downtown. (Benjamin B. Braun/Post-Gazette)

Madison Hill, 16, right, an 11th grader at East Allegheny Junior-Senior High School, tries out a new Immersive Reality room during the debut event at her School on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in North Versailles. (Benjamin B. Braun/Post-Gazette)

Darnica Gordon stands inside her rental in Marshall-Shadeland on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Benjamin B. Braun/Post-Gazette)

Jessica Tucker of Brookline gets a hug from staff at Allegheny Health Network’s Alexis Joy D’Achille Center for Perinatal Mental Health in West Penn Hospital after a press conference at on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Jessica was emotional as she talked about her experience with postpartum depression before and after the birth of her daughter last year. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

Christine Herring, founder and CEO of Herring Seminars, a Pittsburgh-based online consulting firm she launched with her husband Chuck in their Pleasant Hills home on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Behind them is a portrait of Christine with their three daughters. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

South Allegheny players on the bench can’t watch as the final seconds tick away in their win over defending champs Aliquippa in the WPIAL 3A boys championship at the Petersen Event Center in Oakland on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

A highlight of Black History Month in Pittsburgh Public Schools is Black Men Read. PPS Supt. Wayne Walters stands up after reading My Glasses Are My Super Powers to kindergarten students in Michelle Weiss’ class at Pittsburgh Greenfield K-8 on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. The program promotes literacy and strengthens connections between students and role models in their communities. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

Jaxson Frakes, 8, Graysen Cameron St. Clair, 10, and his brother Caomeron, 8, get excited as they spot a Pittsburgh Pirate to autographs from at Pirate City in Bradenton, Florida, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. The boys are all from Glens Falls, NY, and all are pitchers. Paul Skenes is their favorite. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

Neighborhood Academy’s Kedron Gilmore (11) takes a shot against Serra Catholic’s Tyler Sapida (23) in the boys basketball 1A WPIAL Championship at the Petersen Events Center Thursday, Feb 27, 2025. Neighborhood Academy topped Serra Catholic 69-46 to claim the 1A title. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)

Scott Webber packs fresh rolls by hand at Mancini’s Bakery in McKees Rocks on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Lucy Schaly/Post-Gazette)

Katie Lucarelli, 4, of North Huntingdon, gets a little help from her father Brian Lucarelli skating on the rink at PPG Place Downtown Sunday, March 2, 2025. The rink will close for the season next Sunday, March 9. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)

The remains of students from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School lay in a cemetery on the grounds of the Carlisle Barracks, as shown on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The boarding school was created to assimilate Native American children into white culture and values. (Samara McCallum/Post-Gazette)