Week in images: 14.-20. March – Pittsburgh: In focus

The week in pictures in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area from the perspective of our photojournalists. Check back often if we have updates from our region throughout the week.

Pittsburgh Penguins goalkeeper Tristan Jarry rescues Sean Kuraly Bruins center at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Monday, March 15, 2021. (Peter Diana / Post-Gazette)
A boy chases a ball into the street after the wind blew it out of his driveway in Dormont on Sunday March 14, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley / Post-Gazette)
From left, Fritz, Rosa, 5, and Jennifer, who refused to give their last name, watch all of Squirrel Hill, a duck swimming in a pond at the Westinghouse Memorial in Schenley Park on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (Emily Matthews / Post-Gazette)
Navy veteran Patti Gerhauser hangs from a basketball hoop after laying a new net on the Library Street basketball courts in Braddock during a service event with the Mission Continues and Veterans Leadership Program on Sunday, March 14, 2021 . The group cleared trash and overgrown brushes from the area, built four benches, and put new nets in the basketball hoops. The group plans to return in May to repaint the lines in the square and paint the benches. (Emily Matthews / Post-Gazette)
The Pirates’ first baseman, Todd Frazier, tosses a ball to fans before taking on the Phillies at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla. On Sunday, March 14, 2021. (Matt Freed / Post-Gazette)
Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm scores against pirate catcher Jacob Stallings on Sunday, March 14, 2021, at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed / Post-Gazette)
Carmen McIntyre of Port Vue, Operations Manager at Tree of Life Open Bible Church, Selah Rhoades, 12, of Brookline, and Jamie Rider, 7) of Bethel Park prepare Easter eggs in the church on Sunday, March 14, 2021. in Brookline. Families can pick up their own Easter egg hunt or come to church in small groups to attend an Easter celebration. You plan to serve approximately 240 children. ?? Is it even more important to have something to celebrate this year ?? said Pastor Lance Rhoades. (Alexandra Wimley / Post-Gazette)
From left, Joe Backstrom and Lyle Milner of Allegheny City Electric install a solar-powered light near a pedestrian walkway along Corrigan Drive in South Park on Monday, March 15, 2021. The county is installing 122 solar lights. The $ 738,750 project includes light poles with solar panels, batteries, and LED lights, and saves the county more than $ 1,300 a year in electricity bills. (Andrew Rush / Post-Gazette)
West Mifflin High School students Sabrina Duche (left), Alivia Calvert and others transport groceries to vehicles during a grocery distribution at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne. Tomorrow, March 16, 2021, it will be a year since the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank conducted its first COVID-19 response distribution. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
People receive the COVID-19 vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Monday, March 15, 2021 at the PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. UPMC has partnered with the Pittsburgh Penguins to host a special community vaccine at the PPG Paints Arena.
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Penguin fans arrive at the PPG Arena in Pittsburgh on Monday, March 15, 2021. (Peter Diana / Post-Gazette)
A fisherman tries his luck fishing from the boat docks on Thirteenth Street in Sharpsburg on a cool afternoon on Monday March 15, 2021. (Pam Panchak / Post-Gazette)
A car leaves the tunnel near the Port Authority’s Dormont Junction Station at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon border on Monday March 15, 2021. Some people who live near the tunnel say that loud exhaust fans are a nuisance to residents. (Steve Mellon / Post-Gazette)
Elizabeth Brudnock (4) of West Greene and Icis Witt (42) of Rochester battle for possession during the WPIAL Class 1A championship game on Monday March 15, 2021 at Peters Township High School. (Alexandra Wimley / Post-Gazette)
Antonio Epps of South Allegheny and Alexander Roth of Ellwood City chase the ball during the Class 3A WPIAL championship game on Monday, March 15, 2021 at North Allegheny High School. Ellwood City won 53-50. (Emily Matthews / Post-Gazette)
Ellwood City players pose with their trophy after beating South Allegheny in the Class 3A WPIAL championship 53-50 at North Allegheny High School on Monday, March 15, 2021. (Emily Matthews / Post-Gazette)
The left wing of the Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel will fight the left wing of the Bruins, Anders Bjork, for a loose puck on Monday March 15, 2021 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana / Post-Gazette)

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