At least 23 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of attacks in and around Baghdad.
In the deadliest attack, at least 18 people were killed and 28 wounded when a rocket slammed into a residential building in the town of Mahmudiyah, south of the capital.
The building was located on the main street in the centre of Mahmudiyah, a majority Shiite town.
Another four people were killed and six wounded in a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mixed Shia-Sunni district of Al-Alam.
A policeman was killed and another two wounded when a roadside bomb exploded against their patrol in the Sunni district of Adhamiyah.
Insurgents have managed to carry out attacks in Baghdad despite a massive security operation since February 14 to quell daily bloodshed in the Iraqi capital that has left thousands dead in the last year alone.
