I cloud syncing photos just disappears
Good night, I was getting a new phone because it was getting really hot. I had a lot of pictures from the last and was waiting for it to sync to iCloud however I was told I was getting the phone the next day but turned out it got pushed back to back order and so I stopped iCloud syncing and I lost all of photos. Like they just got deleted and disappeared not even to the deleted section. Do anyone know where they could have gone and how do I get them back?
iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 16