\includegraphics not working with multicol package

Question

When using the multicol package, images do not show up. It works when I don't use this package. How can I include images with two columns. I use the following:

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{multicol}


\begin{multicols}{2}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{image.png}
\end{figure}

\end{multicols}

Answer 1

There is a warning:

Package multicol Warning: Floats and marginpars not allowed inside `multicols' environment!.

Thus, floats like figure are not allowed, but \includegraphics works fine.

The star forms figure* or table* can be used inside environment multicol, but the float elements are put outside.