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This message by Elaina Natario writing over at Thoughtbot cannot be repeated enough: While both the alt attribute and the figcaption element provide a way to describe images, the way we write for them is different. alt descriptions should be functional; figcaption descriptions should be editorial or illustrative. Examples of both functional and editorial descriptions …