This photo taken on August 22, 2026 shows a stele in Hirtenberg, Austria, commemorating and listing the names of the approximately 40 subcamps of the Mauthausen concentration camp. A few crumbling concrete blocks in an overgrown field are all that remains visible of what was once a sprawling Nazi forced labour complex around the Austrian town of Leobersdorf. Now, plans to build a business park on the site, including a cold storage warehouse and branch of the discount supermarket chain Lidl, have sparked anger in the Alpine nation, which long neglected to address its Nazi past. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the Weinberglager complex was used for thousands of prisoners of war, forced labourers, and later included the Hirtenberg subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp -- Austria's second-largest women-only camp. Around 400 women, mainly from the Soviet Union but also from Italy and Poland, were forced to manufacture infantry munitions between September 1944 and April 1945 at the Hirtenberg site. After the war, the barracks and other structures were gradually demolished, repurposed or destroyed. (Photo by Jure Cufer / AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on August 22, 2026 shows the construction site of a business park at the site of what was once a Nazi forced labour complex in Leobersdorf, Austria. A few crumbling concrete blocks in an overgrown field are all that remains visible of what was once a sprawling Nazi forced labour complex around the Austrian town of Leobersdorf. Now, plans to build a business park on the site, including a cold storage warehouse and branch of the discount supermarket chain Lidl, have sparked anger in the Alpine nation, which long neglected to address its Nazi past. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the Weinberglager complex was used for thousands of prisoners of war, forced labourers, and later included the Hirtenberg subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp -- Austria's second-largest women-only camp. Around 400 women, mainly from the Soviet Union but also from Italy and Poland, were forced to manufacture infantry munitions between September 1944 and April 1945 at the Hirtenberg site. After the war, the barracks and other structures were gradually demolished, repurposed or destroyed. (Photo by Jure CUFER / AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on August 22, 2026 shows the construction site of a business park at the site of what was once a Nazi forced labour complex in Leobersdorf, Austria. A few crumbling concrete blocks in an overgrown field are all that remains visible of what was once a sprawling Nazi forced labour complex around the Austrian town of Leobersdorf. Now, plans to build a business park on the site, including a cold storage warehouse and branch of the discount supermarket chain Lidl, have sparked anger in the Alpine nation, which long neglected to address its Nazi past. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the Weinberglager complex was used for thousands of prisoners of war, forced labourers, and later included the Hirtenberg subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp -- Austria's second-largest women-only camp. Around 400 women, mainly from the Soviet Union but also from Italy and Poland, were forced to manufacture infantry munitions between September 1944 and April 1945 at the Hirtenberg site. After the war, the barracks and other structures were gradually demolished, repurposed or destroyed. (Photo by Jure CUFER / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on August 22, 2026 shows the official town sign marking the entrance to Hirtenberg, Austria. A few crumbling concrete blocks in an overgrown field are all that remains visible of what was once a sprawling Nazi forced labour complex around the Austrian town of Leobersdorf. Now, plans to build a business park on the site, including a cold storage warehouse and branch of the discount supermarket chain Lidl, have sparked anger in the Alpine nation, which long neglected to address its Nazi past. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the Weinberglager complex was used for thousands of prisoners of war, forced labourers, and later included the Hirtenberg subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp -- Austria's second-largest women-only camp. Around 400 women, mainly from the Soviet Union but also from Italy and Poland, were forced to manufacture infantry munitions between September 1944 and April 1945 at the Hirtenberg site. After the war, the barracks and other structures were gradually demolished, repurposed or destroyed. (Photo by Jure Cufer / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on August 22, 2026 shows a well-preserved space within the ruins of the former Patronenfabrik ammunition factory, in Hirtenberg, Austria. A few crumbling concrete blocks in an overgrown field are all that remains visible of what was once a sprawling Nazi forced labour complex around the Austrian town of Leobersdorf. Now, plans to build a business park on the site, including a cold storage warehouse and branch of the discount supermarket chain Lidl, have sparked anger in the Alpine nation, which long neglected to address its Nazi past. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the Weinberglager complex was used for thousands of prisoners of war, forced labourers, and later included the Hirtenberg subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp -- Austria's second-largest women-only camp. Around 400 women, mainly from the Soviet Union but also from Italy and Poland, were forced to manufacture infantry munitions between September 1944 and April 1945 at the Hirtenberg site. After the war, the barracks and other structures were gradually demolished, repurposed or destroyed. (Photo by Jure Cufer / AFP via Getty Images)

AFP presents a visual story of 105 photographs taken between August 18 and August 28, 2026, documenting the effects of six months of war in the Middle East as felt across the United States. On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a massive offensive against Iran, igniting a war that swiftly engulfed the region and hit global energy markets. Six months on, the US and the Islamic republic remain locked in conflict, with no sign of an imminent resolution despite repeated rounds of negotiations. Search for all these reportage images using: US-Iran-Economy-war-six months-reportage-visual story Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and visual stories. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON and Angela WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)

People look out on Lake Ontario from a boardwalk in Toronto, Ontario, on August 27, 2026. US President Donald Trump announced that he is renaming Lake Ontario -- a large body of water shared by the United States and Canada -- "Lake America." Trump signed an order in the White House in a move that comes amid a spiraling trade war between the world's largest economy and its northern neighbor. (Photo by Cole Burston / AFP via Getty Images)

A man sits on a bench in a harbor on Lake Ontario on a boardwalk in Toronto, Ontario, on August 27, 2026. US President Donald Trump announced that he is renaming Lake Ontario -- a large body of water shared by the United States and Canada -- "Lake America." Trump signed an order in the White House in a move that comes amid a spiraling trade war between the world's largest economy and its northern neighbor. (Photo by Cole Burston / AFP via Getty Images)