Add image with link in Github's README.md?

Question

How to add an image that is also a link to an external page on Github's README.md?

Adding a markdown to display an image is pretty simple (answer at Add images to README.md on GitHub). Adding a link is also pretty simple (GitHub relative link in Markdown file), but it seems there's is no way to add an image that is also a link to an external site.

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Answer 1

Try simply the syntax:

[![name](link to image on GH)](link to your URL)

That will wrap the image as a link