The document discusses a system for facial image retrieval using a clustering-based approximation (CBA) method, which enhances face annotation by improving annotation quality and reducing latency during image query processing. The proposed approach utilizes color-based segmentation and unsupervised learning techniques to refine the labels of weakly labeled facial images gathered from the internet, aiming for effective real-time performance. The study demonstrates that increasing the number of facial images per individual in the database generally improves annotation accuracy, while also assessing the efficiency and running time of the proposed methods.