diff --git a/face_detector.py b/face_detector.py
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+import cv2
+
+def detect_faces(image_path):
+    face_cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier(cv2.data.haarcascades + 'haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml')
+    image = cv2.imread(image_path)
+    gray_image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    faces = face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray_image, scaleFactor=1.1, minNeighbors=5)
+    
+    for (x, y, w, h) in faces:
+        cv2.rectangle(image, (x, y), (x + w, y + h), (255, 0, 0), 2)
+    
+    cv2.imshow('Detected Faces', image)
+    cv2.waitKey(0)
+    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    detect_faces('path_to_your_image.jpg')