ICloud is a liar

I needed my screen repaired, but in Japan, they just replace it with a new phone. So I sat at the iphone store and selected each and every one of my photos, one by one, and then selected the icloud icon. My phone froze for a minute or so after each batch, and even asked me to edit some videos to fit their limit. It also warned me that my storage space was getting low, so I am pretty darn sure that it was uploading the pictures and videos.
I was given my shiney new phone, and my icloud storage shows that I have full capacity available, and my pictures are nowhere to be found. Did I lose everything??
Please help if you can
---Also---
I have reset my phone and used icloud to restore my data, but it only goes back to my new phone, not my old data.
(I didn't have it streaming then, but I REALLY think that it was uploaded to the cloud)

mrscasa wrote:
So I sat at the iphone store and selected each and every one of my photos, one by one, and then selected the icloud icon.
Did you add them to a shared stream? If so, assuming you are signed into your iCloud account, you will find it inside the Photos app on your phone in ths Shared section.
I have reset my phone and used icloud to restore my data, but it only goes back to my new phone, not my old data.
Make sure you aren't trying to restore your iCloud backup using iTunes, you restore an iCloud backup using wifi. To restore an iCloud backup, you go to Settings>General>Reset, tap Erase All Content and Settings, then go through the setup screens on the phone and when given the option, choose Restore from iCloud Backup and follow the prompts. Be sure your phone is connected to wifi and your charger while you are restoring the backup.

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