The Dead Simple Markdown Guide to Images | HackerNoon
Briefly

To add an image, add an exclamation mark (!), followed by alt text in brackets, and the path or URL to the image asset in parentheses.
You can add a link to an image by enclosing the Markdown for the image in brackets and then adding the link in parentheses.
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