Car bombers have struck the Iraqi capital Baghdad in what appears to be co-ordinated attacks on people celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Ten separate blasts targeting markets, busy shopping streets and parks in mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, killing more than 60 people and wounding 140 on Saturday.
This has been one of the deadliest Ramadan months in years and is part of a surge in sectarian violence in Iraq since the start of the year. Regular bomb attacks have killing scores of people, especially in the capital.
The latest bombings in Baghdad were similar to attacks in the capital on Tuesday in which 50 died.
Outside Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a car on a busy street in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 kilometres north of the capital, killing at least 10 people.
Tuz Khurmato is located in a particularly violent region over which both the central government and autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan claim jurisdiction.
Police believe the bomber was trying to reach the local headquarters of a Kurdish political party, but was unable to reach the building because of increased security in the area, a police source said.
Since the since the start of 2013 the intensity of attacks on civilians has dramatically increased, reversing a trend that had seen the country grow more peaceful.
Sunni Islamists have been regaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite government, and have been emboldened by the civil war in neighbouring Syria, which has stoked sectarian tensions across the Middle East.
More than 1000 Iraqis have been killed in July, the highest monthly death toll since 2008, according to the United Nations.
