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Girls from Eritrea play in an open area opposite the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
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A general view of an entrance road into the basement of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel April 2, 2019.
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A man poses for an artist as a model at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 11, 2019.
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A man pushes a trolley with goods into the office of a maintenance manager at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 29, 2019.
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A poster rests against a counter in an abandoned cinema in the basement of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 2, 2019.
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Actors from the Mystorin Theatre Ensemble are seen inside a former box office as they perform in the group's show "Seven," a site-specific act that uses all seven floors of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 25, 2019.
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Seats are seen inside an abandoned cinema in the basement of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 13, 2019.
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Merry Christ Palacios, 37, a caregiver from Philippines, prays during a church service held at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 13, 2019. Palacios shops at the station and worships in its church. "It's special because I can find everything we need to buy," she said, but added visitors need to be "very careful about their bag, cellphone, money and things" as they navigate the station's hallways.
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Dana Forer, 40, an actress and manager of the Mystorin Theatre Ensemble, performs in the group's show "Seven," a site-specific act that uses all seven floors of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
"The Central Bus Station is a playground for imagination," Forer said. "I feel full of joy and creativity when we light up the dark spaces with our performance."
"The Central Bus Station is a playground for imagination," Forer said. "I feel full of joy and creativity when we light up the dark spaces with our performance."
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Stav Pinto, 24, uses a hula hoop as she practices her acrobatics skills during a weekly informal circus community meeting at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel July 1, 2019. Pinto employs her circus talents to teach life skills to special needs children. Pinto and her hula hoop take part in an informal circus group that meets on Monday evenings.
"There's a magical air to the Central Bus Station that reminds me of a dark urban forest," she said. "It's a place of adventure where you can meet a variety of people and be exposed to different cultures. Every time I walk through it, I can discover a new place that is completely different from the others."
"There's a magical air to the Central Bus Station that reminds me of a dark urban forest," she said. "It's a place of adventure where you can meet a variety of people and be exposed to different cultures. Every time I walk through it, I can discover a new place that is completely different from the others."
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Passengers stand in a queue as they wait to board a bus at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
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An Israeli soldier smokes as he waits with others to board buses at a terminal at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 3, 2019.
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A Druze woman selling traditional food at a makeshift stall serves a customer at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2019.
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Girls from Eritrea play in an open area inside the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 01, 2019.
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Actors from the Mystorin Theatre Ensemble, and a passerby, walk down the stairs during the group's show "Seven," a site-specific act that uses all seven floors of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 27, 2018.
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A woman sells vegetables to customers at the Filipino food market at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel April 13, 2019.
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A woman cleans the floor in a space that functions as a gallery displaying street art, close to bus terminals on an upper floor of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 29, 2019.
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Screens are seen in an office used by maintenance staff in the basement of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 29, 2019.
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Tamar Lehman, 32, social counsellor for mentally ill young adults, plays an accordion next to books placed inside a cultural center used by "Yung Yidish," a non-profit organisation aiming to preserve Yiddish culture, at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019. Lehman comes to the station often to practise dancing and play the accordion.
"I felt this building is just like the people I work with - they may appear totally confused within themselves, not understood, bizarre, but the more you learn about the people and their inner structure you slowly become more familiar with their inner world, with all its craziness, and you see the beauty," she said.
"I felt this building is just like the people I work with - they may appear totally confused within themselves, not understood, bizarre, but the more you learn about the people and their inner structure you slowly become more familiar with their inner world, with all its craziness, and you see the beauty," she said.
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A man walks by as a woman waits outside a hairdresser shop at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 11, 2019.
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People eat food purchased from a nearby Filipino food market inside the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 25, 2019.
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Plastic chairs and a screen are seen in a division of a synagogue in the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
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A child sleeps on a couch inside a cultural center used by "Yung Yidish," a non-profit organisation aiming to preserve Yiddish culture, at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
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A broken mannequin is seen next to an artist's studio at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel January 19, 2019.
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A man sits in his wheelchair as he feeds his pet parrots at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
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A urinal is seen in the basement near a sign pointing towards a bomb shelter at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 25, 2019.
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Lior Avshalom, 42, and Rotem Cohen, 41, actors from the Mystorin Theatre Ensemble, perform in the group's show "Seven," a site-specific act that uses all seven floors of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
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People play a game of Bingo at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 13, 2019.
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A vendor carries plastic flower decorations out of a shop as he prepares to open the store at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 29, 2019.
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A discarded gaming machine is seen in the basement at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 25, 2019.
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A bus stands next to a petrol pump on the upper floor of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2019.
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A bus driver cleans a bus at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
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Buses are parked at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
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A muslim man prays near a graffiti at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
Girls from Eritrea play in an open area opposite the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
A general view of an entrance road into the basement of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel April 2, 2019.
A man poses for an artist as a model at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 11, 2019.
A man pushes a trolley with goods into the office of a maintenance manager at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 29, 2019.
A poster rests against a counter in an abandoned cinema in the basement of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 2, 2019.
Actors from the Mystorin Theatre Ensemble are seen inside a former box office as they perform in the group's show "Seven," a site-specific act that uses all seven floors of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 25, 2019.
Seats are seen inside an abandoned cinema in the basement of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 13, 2019.
Merry Christ Palacios, 37, a caregiver from Philippines, prays during a church service held at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 13, 2019. Palacios shops at the station and worships in its church. "It's special because I can find everything we need to buy," she said, but added visitors need to be "very careful about their bag, cellphone, money and things" as they navigate the station's hallways.
Dana Forer, 40, an actress and manager of the Mystorin Theatre Ensemble, performs in the group's show "Seven," a site-specific act that uses all seven floors of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
"The Central Bus Station is a playground for imagination," Forer said. "I feel full of joy and creativity when we light up the dark spaces with our performance."
"The Central Bus Station is a playground for imagination," Forer said. "I feel full of joy and creativity when we light up the dark spaces with our performance."
Stav Pinto, 24, uses a hula hoop as she practices her acrobatics skills during a weekly informal circus community meeting at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel July 1, 2019. Pinto employs her circus talents to teach life skills to special needs children. Pinto and her hula hoop take part in an informal circus group that meets on Monday evenings.
"There's a magical air to the Central Bus Station that reminds me of a dark urban forest," she said. "It's a place of adventure where you can meet a variety of people and be exposed to different cultures. Every time I walk through it, I can discover a new place that is completely different from the others."
"There's a magical air to the Central Bus Station that reminds me of a dark urban forest," she said. "It's a place of adventure where you can meet a variety of people and be exposed to different cultures. Every time I walk through it, I can discover a new place that is completely different from the others."
Passengers stand in a queue as they wait to board a bus at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
An Israeli soldier smokes as he waits with others to board buses at a terminal at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 3, 2019.
A Druze woman selling traditional food at a makeshift stall serves a customer at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2019.
Girls from Eritrea play in an open area inside the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 01, 2019.
Actors from the Mystorin Theatre Ensemble, and a passerby, walk down the stairs during the group's show "Seven," a site-specific act that uses all seven floors of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 27, 2018.
A woman sells vegetables to customers at the Filipino food market at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel April 13, 2019.
A woman cleans the floor in a space that functions as a gallery displaying street art, close to bus terminals on an upper floor of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 29, 2019.
Screens are seen in an office used by maintenance staff in the basement of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 29, 2019.
Tamar Lehman, 32, social counsellor for mentally ill young adults, plays an accordion next to books placed inside a cultural center used by "Yung Yidish," a non-profit organisation aiming to preserve Yiddish culture, at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019. Lehman comes to the station often to practise dancing and play the accordion.
"I felt this building is just like the people I work with - they may appear totally confused within themselves, not understood, bizarre, but the more you learn about the people and their inner structure you slowly become more familiar with their inner world, with all its craziness, and you see the beauty," she said.
"I felt this building is just like the people I work with - they may appear totally confused within themselves, not understood, bizarre, but the more you learn about the people and their inner structure you slowly become more familiar with their inner world, with all its craziness, and you see the beauty," she said.
A man walks by as a woman waits outside a hairdresser shop at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 11, 2019.
People eat food purchased from a nearby Filipino food market inside the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 25, 2019.
Plastic chairs and a screen are seen in a division of a synagogue in the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
A child sleeps on a couch inside a cultural center used by "Yung Yidish," a non-profit organisation aiming to preserve Yiddish culture, at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
A broken mannequin is seen next to an artist's studio at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel January 19, 2019.
A man sits in his wheelchair as he feeds his pet parrots at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
A urinal is seen in the basement near a sign pointing towards a bomb shelter at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 25, 2019.
Lior Avshalom, 42, and Rotem Cohen, 41, actors from the Mystorin Theatre Ensemble, perform in the group's show "Seven," a site-specific act that uses all seven floors of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 25, 2019.
People play a game of Bingo at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 13, 2019.
A vendor carries plastic flower decorations out of a shop as he prepares to open the store at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 29, 2019.
A discarded gaming machine is seen in the basement at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel May 25, 2019.
A bus stands next to a petrol pump on the upper floor of the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2019.
A bus driver cleans a bus at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
Buses are parked at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.
A muslim man prays near a graffiti at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2019.