Google has now updated this issue to include an end date and states that the reporting issue was fixed on October 22nd.
October 5–22
Logging anomalies occurred in image search results, resulting in a decline in impression and click data. This is especially noticeable on image driven sites. This was fixed on October 22.
Here is how it looks on the Data Anomalies page:
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