how can i get photos back that went over the icloud album limit

i uploaded a lot of photos to my icloud photo album before knowing that there was a limit of 5,000 per album. it seemed like they had uploaded fine as the uploads showed up in the activity section as well as physically being in the album. is there any possible way to get them back? i wish apple would make it so if you went over the limit there was a notification. and no i do not have a backup that would have the missing photos.