Story album display method and apparatus

A terminal, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer-executable instruction, wherein the processor and the memory are connected using a bus, and when the terminal runs, the processor executes the computer-executable instruction stored in the memory, so that the terminal performs the following steps:
• aggregating N images in a gallery based on a first dimension, wherein the first dimension comprises a photographing time or a photographing location, and wherein N>1;
• receiving a user selection of a target image for retaining from the N images;
• removing, in response to the user selection, a first image from the N images to obtain a story album comprising M images, wherein the first image conflicts with a characteristic of the target image, and wherein the first image comprises an image with an invalid label or one or more images with an image similarity greater than a threshold;
• after removing the first image from the N images to obtain the story album comprising the M images, determining, based on a second dimension, a theme associated with the M images to obtain the theme of the story album, wherein the second dimension comprises an image feature of at least one of the M images;
• after determining, based on the second dimension, the theme associated with the M images to obtain the theme of the story album, modifying the theme of the story album based on a third dimension, wherein the third dimension comprises association information that is in a target application and that is associated with the theme of the story album;
• and
• displaying an album cover of the story album, wherein the M images are associated with the theme of the story album, and wherein M<N.