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HTML

<p>Just img:</p>
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/800/600/?1">
    
<p>Img with bg:</p>
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/800/600/?1" class="bg">

CSS

img {
    display: block;
    width: 800px;
    height: 100px;
}

img.bg {
    background: url(http://lorempixel.com/600/600/?5) center center no-repeat;
    background-size: cover;
    content: '';
}