import glob
for filename in glob.iglob(root_dir + '**/*.jpg', recursive=True):
# Do something
import cv2
import glob
imdir = 'path/to/files/'
ext = ['png', 'jpg', 'gif'] # Add image formats here
files = []
[files.extend(glob.glob(imdir + '*.' + e)) for e in ext]
images = [cv2.imread(file) for file in files]