Kais al-Hilali, 34 year-old Libyan cartoonist and street artist, was shot and killed by Gaddafi thugs while painting one of his biting cartoons of the dictator for which he was locally celebrated. According to eye witnesses, Hilali had just painted a cartoon of Gaddafi on a wall in Benghazi (above) when he was murdered.

In response to his death, street artists and cartoonists from around the world have created a series of Gaddafi pieces.