Image upload in Laravel app does not show when uploaded to web server

I created a symbolic link with php artisan storage:link this allows laravel to link files from the public/storage folder to the storage/app/public folder.

I am able to view the images stored in the storage folder with when I work locally on my system.

However, when I upload to the web server, the image cannot be found. Although the image was uploaded successfully to the storage/app/public/images folder and the public/storage/images folder is empty.