The Atlantic’s three-part series of 2011: The Year in Photos hits like a ton of bricks: protests, natural disasters, war, and a few moments of triumph. Here’s a remarkable—and remarkably sad—inclusion from part one: A gunman identified as Michael Gonzales aims his pistol at local village politician Reynaldo Dagsa shortly before Gonzales pulled the trigger, assassinating Dagsa in Manila, Philippines, on January 5, 2011. Reynaldo Dagsa took this picture of his family on New Year’s eve, moments before he was killed by Gonzales, who was captured on his camera together with an accomplice (man on the right). Police said they arrested both men charged in the assassination.

The Atlantic’s three-part series of 2011: The Year in Photos hits like a ton of bricks: protests, natural disasters, war, and a few moments of triumph. Here’s a remarkable—and remarkably sad—inclusion from part one:

A gunman identified as Michael Gonzales aims his pistol at local village politician Reynaldo Dagsa shortly before Gonzales pulled the trigger, assassinating Dagsa in Manila, Philippines, on January 5, 2011. Reynaldo Dagsa took this picture of his family on New Year’s eve, moments before he was killed by Gonzales, who was captured on his camera together with an accomplice (man on the right). Police said they arrested both men charged in the assassination.