Google has a “recent images” photo carousel for some knowledge panels. For example, Google had this for a search on the [golden globes] last week, showing photos from the recently taken and published event.

Here is a screenshot that I snagged (click to enlarge it):

This was spotted first by Khushal Bherwani who shared this video cast of it on Twitter:

I am not 100% sure if this is new, but it seems so…

Forum discussion at Twitter.