Is it possible to recover photos from a missing iPhone without a backup?

I lost my iphone in the river and it isn't coming back. I stupidly didn't back it up and I'm wondering if I'm able to get my photos back onto my new iphone.

They should have been uploaded to iCloud… Mine does it automatically. You can go to icloud.com and sign in with your apple ID info

Maybe they were backed up to icloud without your knowledge. Other than that, there's no way to get them. I lost a phone in the ocean once myself.

Maybe try taking it to local iphone shop

Uh, no

I'm afraid you can't recover photos from a missing iPhone. Almost all iPhone data recovery software is based on computer and you need to connect your iPhone to the computer for data recovery.

Without a backup? Afraid not.