Why is the new tab icon a dotted square?

hey when i used to press the "add tab" button, it would open a tab, and the icon on the tab was a picture of a blank page.
it has now been replaced with a dotted-line square.
first off this is ugly, and secondly i didn't click on anything to change this, and i didn't ask for a change... how can i get the page back as the icon? it now has a dotted-line square for all websites without icons i've realized.
please help
get back to me at [email protected], or just reply here.
thanks a lot

Discussed at length in this support thread.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/890741

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