diff --git a/web/src/app/_components/image.tsx b/web/src/app/_components/image.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f227d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/app/_components/image.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+import {
+  Tooltip,
+  TooltipContent,
+  TooltipTrigger,
+} from "~/components/ui/tooltip";
+import { cn } from "~/lib/utils";
+
+function Image({
+  className,
+  imageClassName,
+  imageTransition,
+  src,
+  alt,
+  fallback = null,
+}: {
+  className?: string;
+  imageClassName?: string;
+  imageTransition?: boolean;
+  src: string;
+  alt: string;
+  fallback?: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [isError, setIsError] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setIsError(false);
+    setIsLoading(true);
+  }, [src]);
+
+  const handleLoad = useCallback(() => {
+    setIsError(false);
+    setIsLoading(false);
+  }, []);
+  const handleError = useCallback(
+    (e: React.SyntheticEvent<HTMLImageElement>) => {
+      e.currentTarget.style.display = "none";
+      console.warn(`Markdown: Image "${e.currentTarget.src}" failed to load`);
+      setIsError(true);
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+  return (
+    <span className={cn("block w-fit overflow-hidden", className)}>
+      {isError ? (
+        fallback
+      ) : (
+        <Tooltip>
+          <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+            <img
+              className={cn(
+                "size-full object-cover",
+                imageTransition && "transition-all duration-200 ease-out",
+                imageClassName,
+              )}
+              src={src}
+              alt={alt}
+              onLoad={handleLoad}
+              onError={handleError}
+            />
+          </TooltipTrigger>
+          <TooltipContent>
+            <p className="max-w-64 text-sm">{alt ?? "No caption"}</p>
+          </TooltipContent>
+        </Tooltip>
+      )}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+export default memo(Image);
diff --git a/web/src/app/_components/markdown.tsx b/web/src/app/_components/markdown.tsx
index b41f169..8446dfc 100644
--- a/web/src/app/_components/markdown.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/_components/markdown.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import {
 import { rehypeSplitWordsIntoSpans } from "~/core/rehype";
 import { cn } from "~/lib/utils";
 
+import Image from "./image";
+
 export function Markdown({
   className,
   children,
@@ -39,10 +41,6 @@ export function Markdown({
     }
     return [rehypeKatex];
   }, [animate]);
-  const handleImgError = (e: React.SyntheticEvent<HTMLImageElement>) => {
-    e.currentTarget.style.display = "none";
-    console.warn(`Markdown: Image "${e.currentTarget.src}" failed to load`);
-  };
   return (
     <div
       className={cn(className, "markdown flex flex-col gap-4")}
@@ -58,7 +56,9 @@ export function Markdown({
             </a>
           ),
           img: ({ src, alt }) => (
-            <img src={src} alt={alt} onError={handleImgError} />
+            <a href={src as string} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+              <Image className="rounded" src={src as string} alt={alt ?? ""} />
+            </a>
           ),
         }}
         {...props}
diff --git a/web/src/app/_components/research-activities-block.tsx b/web/src/app/_components/research-activities-block.tsx
index 1917168..ff2cd0a 100644
--- a/web/src/app/_components/research-activities-block.tsx
+++ b/web/src/app/_components/research-activities-block.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { useMessage, useStore } from "~/core/store";
 import { cn } from "~/lib/utils";
 
 import { FavIcon } from "./fav-icon";
+import Image from "./image";
 import { LoadingAnimation } from "./loading-animation";
 import { Markdown } from "./markdown";
 import { RainbowText } from "./rainbow-text";
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ function WebSearchToolCall({ toolCall }: { toolCall: ToolCallRuntime }) {
     } else {
       results = [];
     }
-    console.info(results);
     return results;
   }, [toolCall.result]);
   const pageResults = useMemo(
@@ -172,20 +172,30 @@ function WebSearchToolCall({ toolCall }: { toolCall: ToolCallRuntime }) {
                 </motion.li>
               ))}
             {imageResults.map((searchResult, i) => (
-              <li key={`search-result-${i}`}>
+              <motion.li
+                key={`search-result-${i}`}
+                initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 10, scale: 0.66 }}
+                animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, scale: 1 }}
+                transition={{
+                  duration: 0.2,
+                  delay: i * 0.1,
+                  ease: "easeOut",
+                }}
+              >
                 <a
-                  className="flex flex-col gap-2 opacity-75 transition-opacity duration-300 hover:opacity-100"
+                  className="flex flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded-md opacity-75 transition-opacity duration-300 hover:opacity-100"
                   href={searchResult.image_url}
                   target="_blank"
                 >
-                  <div
+                  <Image
+                    src={searchResult.image_url}
+                    alt={searchResult.image_description}
                     className="h-40 w-40 max-w-full rounded-md bg-slate-100 bg-cover bg-center bg-no-repeat"
-                    style={{
-                      backgroundImage: `url(${searchResult.image_url})`,
-                    }}
+                    imageClassName="hover:scale-110"
+                    imageTransition
                   />
                 </a>
-              </li>
+              </motion.li>
             ))}
           </ul>
         )}