Thousands of icons recognized as photos in iPhoto?

Thousands of icons appear in iPhoto as pics ( more than 50000) and it makes the app unable to treat properly my own real photos. I've tried to get rid of them all by selecting and put in bin but they come back.... Does anyone know how I can solve this issue please?

named "resources", "OV2", "pl.lproj", "previews" "thumbs".
You have imported an application - it is hard to say which one.
Since you do not have a backup, It might be easier to export the photos that you want to keep and need to a folder on your Desktop. Use "File > Export".
Then create a new iPhoto Library by launching iPhoto with the alt/options key held down. The File Chooser panel will have an option to create a new library. Import the exported photos to the new library using File > Import.
Don't delete the old library until you are sure, you transferred all images you need.
And get started with Time Machine as soon as possible. A regular backup is the only way to be able to recover from problems like this. Look here to get started: Mac Basics: Time Machine
Time Machine has come to the rescue more than once for me.

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if I directly double click "iPhoto Library" (which has a plain text like icon preview, not so colorful iphoto library style...), it tells me I should choose the app I wanna open it. After iPhoto chosen and opened, nothing happened, no photos in iPhoto main windows (events, faces, ..., all empty).
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