JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul class="leve1">
    <li>
        <div class="some">
            <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Opml-icon.svg">image1</a>
            <a href="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/511bdfde6bb3f76c0d000018-1200/eventually-perhaps-in-15-to-20-years-deep-space-will-mine-asteroids-for-metals-to-be-used-on-earth-this-makes-economic-sense-only-when-youre-using-all-the-parts-of-the-asteroid-for-the-space-market-says-gump.jpg">image2</a>
            <a href="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120109213354/section8/images/3/3e/Earth3.png">image3</a>
            ...
        </div>
    </li>
</ul>

<div id="dest"></div>

JavaScript

$('.some').on('click', 'a', function(ev) {
    var img = new Image();
    
    img.onload = loaded;
    img.src = this.href;
    
    ev.preventDefault();
});

function loaded() {
    console.log('[LOADED] ' + this.src);
    this.onload = null;
    $('#dest').html($(this).fadeIn(1000));
}