Can anyone tell me how to fix this html code error? Thanks

Question

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear"target="_blank"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/web-101/web101-image_brownbear.jpg" alt="A image of a brown bear"/> </a> <br><br/>
<!-Why do I keep getting the error message "special characters need to be escaped" and "tag must be paired"->

Answer 1

I have just copied the text as it is and it works normally.
https://code.sololearn.com/WrrD68qqNb62/?ref=app