"blank" unknown album can't be deleted

A unknown album showed up out of nowhere in my pictures and contains "blank" pictures that look greyish and when you click on one it comes up black with no options like a normal picture. I've tried deleting the pictures individually and as an album with no luck. I've updated and restarted my phone and also deleted all of the pictures off my phone and they are still there.

have you tried using the "File Explorer" application ?
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