Picture This: Garbage Day

Seats removed from the fuselage of an abandoned aircraft are piled up at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Nigerian aviation officials have begun trying to dismantle and remove the hulks of abandoned airplanes from airports around the country. Officials say there are least 65 abandoned planes at the country's airports, with at least 13 at Lagos' international airport. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

What to do with the dozens of abandoned aircraft littered about the country? For a long time, Nigeria's answer was "nothing." Now, however, workers have begun the process of dismantling the 65 abandoned aircraft that clutter up airports around the country. At Lagos International Airport alone, there are 13 of them, including this one.

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