Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a photo album obtained from face clustering; collecting face information of respective images in the photo album, and acquiring a face parameter of each image according to the face information; selecting a cover image according to the face parameter of each image; and taking a face-region image from the cover image, and setting the face-region image as a cover of the photo album.