JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ol>
    <li><span><img src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/102.gif" width="100ex" height="1em"/></span>Something</li>
    <li><span><img src="http://www.smallbusinessfriends.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cms.jpg" width="10ex" height="1em"/></span>Another thing</li>
</ol>

CSS

span {
    display:inline-block;
}