An image processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a spherical image captured by an image capturing apparatus; characterized in that the spherical image is attached with orientation information relating to an orientation of the image capturing apparatus, a display control unit configured to perform control to correct inclination of the spherical image based on the orientation information and to display a part of the corrected spherical image corresponding to a viewing direction on a screen; and a generation unit configured to generate a superimposed image by automatically performing processing to develop the corrected spherical image with an equidistant cylindrical projection and to superimpose a graphic image on a specific part of the corrected spherical image corresponding to a nadir direction of the corrected spherical image, wherein the specific part is an area of a predetermined width from the bottom of the developed corrected spherical image, wherein the display control unit performs control to display the superimposed image on the screen when the viewing direction is corresponding to the nadir direction, wherein the acquisition unit is further configured to acquire first information related to the spherical image, the first information including at least one of a file name of the spherical image, a capturing date and time of the spherical image, a size of the spherical image, and exchangeable image file format, EXIF, information of the spherical image, and second information related to the image processing apparatus, the second information including at least one of a current time and a remaining battery level of the image processing apparatus, and wherein the graphic image includes at least one of the first and second information. an acquisition unit configured to acquire a spherical image captured by an image capturing apparatus; characterized in that the spherical image is attached with orientation information relating to an orientation of the image capturing apparatus, a display control unit configured to perform control to correct inclination of the spherical image based on the orientation information and to display a part of the corrected spherical image corresponding to a viewing direction on a screen; and a generation unit configured to generate a superimposed image by automatically performing processing to develop the corrected spherical image with an equidistant cylindrical projection and to superimpose a graphic image on a specific part of the corrected spherical image corresponding to a nadir direction of the corrected spherical image, wherein the specific part is an area of a predetermined width from the bottom of the developed corrected spherical image, wherein the display control unit performs control to display the superimposed image on the screen when the viewing direction is corresponding to the nadir direction, wherein the acquisition unit is further configured to acquire first information related to the spherical image, the first information including at least one of a file name of the spherical image, a capturing date and time of the spherical image, a size of the spherical image, and exchangeable image file format, EXIF, information of the spherical image, and second information related to the image processing apparatus, the second information including at least one of a current time and a remaining battery level of the image processing apparatus, and wherein the graphic image includes at least one of the first and second information. <EOS>