diff --git a/src/visual_report.py b/src/visual_report.py
index 007d0dd..70af4b2 100644
--- a/src/visual_report.py
+++ b/src/visual_report.py
@@ -1663,6 +1663,20 @@ def _extract_report_title(markdown_text: str, fallback: str):
     return fallback, markdown_text
 
 
+_ICON_LOGO_RE = re.compile(r'/(icon|logo|favicon)([._/-]|$)', re.IGNORECASE)
+
+
+def _is_icon_or_logo_url(url: str) -> bool:
+    """True if a URL path points at an icon/logo/favicon asset.
+
+    Matches the icon/logo/favicon token only at a path-segment or basename
+    boundary, so a real photo whose slug merely CONTAINS the word (e.g.
+    /iconic-moment.jpg, /logos-history.png) is no longer dropped, while
+    /icon.png, /logo.svg and /favicon.ico still are.
+    """
+    return bool(_ICON_LOGO_RE.search(url or ""))
+
+
 def generate_visual_report(
     question: str,
     report_markdown: str,
@@ -1711,9 +1725,7 @@ def generate_visual_report(
             and img not in hidden_images_set
             and not img.endswith((".svg", ".ico", ".gif"))
             and not any(b in img for b in _IMAGE_BLOCKLIST)
-            and "/icon" not in img.lower()
-            and "/logo" not in img.lower()
-            and "/favicon" not in img.lower()):
+            and not _is_icon_or_logo_url(img)):
             _seen_images.add(img)
             all_images.append(img)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_visual_report_icon_url.py b/tests/test_visual_report_icon_url.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ba394b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_visual_report_icon_url.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Hero/section image selection must not drop photos whose slug contains
+'icon' or 'logo' as a substring.
+
+generate_visual_report filtered images with `"/icon" not in url` etc., a
+plain substring test that wrongly dropped legitimate photos like
+/iconic-moment-2026.jpg and /logos-history-explained.png while intending
+to drop only icon/logo/favicon ASSETS. The boundary-aware
+_is_icon_or_logo_url helper fixes that.
+"""
+from src.visual_report import _is_icon_or_logo_url
+
+
+def test_real_photos_with_icon_or_logo_in_slug_are_kept():
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("https://news.com/iconic-moment-2026.jpg") is False
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("https://news.com/logos-history-explained.png") is False
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("https://x.com/the-iconography-of-art.jpg") is False
+
+
+def test_actual_icon_and_logo_assets_are_still_flagged():
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("https://x.com/icon.png") is True
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("https://x.com/logo.svg") is True
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("https://x.com/favicon.ico") is True
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("https://x.com/assets/icon/main.png") is True
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("https://x.com/logo-dark.png") is True
+
+
+def test_empty_and_none_are_not_flagged():
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url("") is False
+    assert _is_icon_or_logo_url(None) is False