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Guide to aligning images in github readme.md files. https://davidwells.io/snippets/how-to-align-images-in-markdown #Markdown

Aligning images

This is a guide for aligning images.

See the full Advanced Markdown doc for more tips and tricks

left alignment

This is the code you need to align images to the left:

<img align="left" width="100" height="100" src="https://picsum.photos/100/100">

right alignment

This is the code you need to align images to the right:

<img align="right" width="100" height="100" src="https://picsum.photos/100/100">

center alignment example

<p align="center">
  <img width="460" height="300" src="https://picsum.photos/460/300">
</p>

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