She did the img links properly, just for some reason where they are, they won't come up. Tried all of the trickery I know, and couldn't get them to work for some reason....why they are coming up in the text with brackets around them is perplexing me as well, should just show the link.
Changed the IMG tags to URL tags, so at least it makes it easier, someone can just click on the link and it will open another tab/window with the picture, rather than having to copy and paste it.