There are situations where ALT text for images must be provided to satisfy SEO requirements, yet rendered hidden for screen reader and other assistive technology users. In this situations applying the aria-hidden attribute can nullified the image and remove it from the accessibiltiy tree.
https://canaxess.github.io/aria-hidden-alt-text/
Image with ALT text is rendered hidden
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