How to include two pictures side by side in Markdown for IPython Notebook (Jupyter)?

Question

I am trying to insert two pictures side by side in one Markdown cell on a notebook. The way I do it was:

Answer 1

I don't have enough reputation to add comments, so I'll just put my 2 cents as a separate answer. I also found that JMann's solution didn't work, but if you wrap his implementation with table tags:

then it works.