diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
index daa65f3..d04b7b3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/home3/+page.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   // prototype (noindex), alongside /home2 so we can compare.
   let news = $state(null);   // {id, title, summary, image}
   let art = $state(null);    // {title, artist, year, image}
+  let newsFit = $state('cover');   // 'cover' = full-bleed photo; 'contain' = framed-plate figure
 
   // headline truncated on a whole-word boundary (no mid-word ellipsis)
   function clampWords(s, max = 48) {
@@ -38,6 +39,15 @@
     try {
       const it = (await getJSON(`/api/brief?limit=1${homeq}`))?.items?.[0];
       if (it) news = { id: it.id, title: it.title, summary: it.summary || it.description || '', image: it.image_url || null };
+      // Photos display full (cover); only wide/tall figures (diagrams) get the framed plate.
+      if (news?.image) {
+        const probe = new Image();
+        probe.onload = () => {
+          const a = probe.naturalWidth / probe.naturalHeight;
+          newsFit = a >= 0.85 && a <= 1.9 ? 'cover' : 'contain';
+        };
+        probe.src = news.image;
+      }
     } catch { /* fall back to design copy */ }
   });
 </script>
@@ -107,7 +117,7 @@
   <main class="bento">
     <!-- Good News (tall) — a card with TWO links, so it's a div, not a single anchor -->
     <div class="card news">
-      <div class="news-photo">
+      <div class="news-photo {newsFit}">
         <div class="news-plate" style={news?.image ? `background-image:url(${news.image})` : ''}></div>
       </div>
       <div class="news-body">
@@ -288,18 +298,20 @@
     background: #fff; border: 1px solid var(--news-border);
     display: flex; flex-direction: column; box-shadow: 0 6px 20px -14px rgba(0, 131, 173, 0.4);
   }
-  /* soft tinted matte + white framed plate: figures sit whole with breathing room, like a
-     framed plate (not pillarboxed). The image is contained inside the white plate. */
-  .news-photo {
-    aspect-ratio: 5/4; background: linear-gradient(160deg, #eaf2f3, #eef0ea);
+  /* Photos fill edge-to-edge (cover, no box). Only figures/diagrams (detected by their
+     wide/tall shape) get the soft tinted matte + white framed plate, so labels stay whole. */
+  .news-photo { aspect-ratio: 5/4; }
+  .news-plate { background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; }
+  .news-photo.cover .news-plate { width: 100%; height: 100%; background-size: cover; }
+  .news-photo.contain {
+    background: linear-gradient(160deg, #eaf2f3, #eef0ea);
     display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 20px;
   }
-  .news-plate {
+  .news-photo.contain .news-plate {
     width: 100%; height: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 12px;
     background-color: #fff; border: 1px solid #e7edee; border-radius: 8px;
     box-shadow: 0 6px 18px -10px rgba(30, 60, 70, 0.28);
-    background-size: contain; background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat;
-    background-origin: content-box;
+    background-size: contain; background-origin: content-box;
   }
   .news-body { padding: 24px 26px; flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
   .news h2 {