After cleaning keyboard, everything disappeared from desktop

After cleaning the keyboard, everything has disappeared from my desktop, including the hard drive disk image. I heard a "clunk" like the sound of something being sent to the Trash, but it's not there.
I know the files still exist, because when I open a finder window all the screen shots I had on the desktop are still listed under "Desktop". But they aren't visible on the desktop itself. But the hard drive disk image isn't anywhere to be seen, although it's also visible in a Finder window!
I've now moved all the files into a folder inside "Documents" (yes, I know they should have been there all along).

Sorry, everyone, I restarted and the hard drive is back on the desktop.

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