diff --git a/scripts/check_images.py b/scripts/check_images.py
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+import os
+import argparse
+from PIL import Image
+from typing import Generator
+
+SUPPORTED_EXT = [".jpg", ".png", ".jpeg", ".bmp", ".jfif", ".webp"]
+
+def image_path_generator(image_dir: str, do_recurse: bool = True) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+    if do_recurse:
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(image_dir):
+            for file in files:
+                if any(file.endswith(ext) for ext in SUPPORTED_EXT):
+                    yield os.path.join(root, file)
+    else:
+        for file in os.listdir(image_dir):
+            if any(file.endswith(ext) for ext in SUPPORTED_EXT):
+                yield os.path.join(image_dir, file)
+
+def main(args):
+    failed = []
+    for path in image_path_generator(args.data_root, do_recurse=True):
+        try:
+            img = Image.open(path)
+            print(f"Checked OK {img.size} {img.mode} {path}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"FAILED: {path}")
+            failed.append((path,e))
+    if not failed:
+        print("No errors found")
+    else:
+        print(f" *************** Errors were found ***************")
+        for path, e in failed:
+            print(f"FAILED: {path} {e}")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print("This script checks that all images in a directory are valid.")
+    print("If any errors occur, they will be printed out at the end.")
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--data_root', type=str, required=True, help='Path to the root of the dataset to check')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    main(args)