Heading out to the highway

Israeli kids ride their bikes on a deserted motorway during Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Israel comes to a standstill for 25 hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, when observant Jews fast and Israelis are prohibited from driving.

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