Pictures don't show in camera roll

Does anyone know why some pictures don't show up in the camera roll after I take a picture? The first time it happened I thought something was wrong and the picture didn't save. I looked in Photos and all the pictures I took were there but not all the pictures are in the camera roll. I haven't moved any photos. It seems to happen if I access the camera directly from the lock screen.

When you access the camera roll from the lock screen, you can only see photos that you took while at the lock screen during that session only. The phone needs to be unlocked first in order to see all your camera roll photos.

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