AVG Cleaner deleted thousands of my photos

Hello Tony, 
Thank you for contacting AVG Community Support.
We are sorry to hear that you are having concern about deleted images after using AVG Cleaner.
We do have a specialized team who deals with mobile queries.
We have escalated your case to concern team, and they will get back to you via email and help further.
Thank you and keep us updated.

I've trusted AVG Cleaner in the past and never had any issues. Have run their Quick Clean and other programs across several devices—no problems.

Today, however, AVG Cleaner deleted thousands and thousands of my photos. (Believe the app said something like 42GB "recovered" – I should've known something was up.)

Data recovery apps haven't proven fruitful at this point, seemingly recovering the same photos over and over across maybe 10 different services.

Any ideas? Really not thrilled about AVG and their lack of care regarding past cases where the exact same thing has happened, but have a set of fingers crossed.

Hello Tony, 
Thank you for contacting AVG Community Support.
We are sorry to hear that you are having concern about deleted images after using AVG Cleaner.
We do have a specialized team who deals with mobile queries.
We have escalated your case to concern team, and they will get back to you via email and help further.
Thank you and keep us updated.