Bombings in and near Baghdad killed at least 21 people and wounded over 100 today.
Tensions have been high in the country since the last US troops left in December, with ongoing political crises between Iraq's main Shia, Sunni and Kurdish factions further aggravating concerns.
In the deadliest incident, at least eight people were killed and 30 wounded when a bomb in a parked taxi exploded at the entrance of a Baghdad market in the mainly Shia Muslim district of Washash, police said.
"There were bodies scattered everywhere. Glass and vegetables covered the whole place," said police officer Ahmed Nouri, who was on patrol nearby when the bomb detonated.
Most of the victims were vendors setting up their produce in the early hours before shoppers arrived, he said.
Elsewhere, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one and injured five in Abu Dsheer, a Shia area in southern Baghdad.
More than 150 people have been killed in June across the country in a spike in attacks targeting mainly Shia pilgrims and shrines.
A bomb attack south of Baghdad killed at least eight people yesterday.
Iraq's Shia, Sunni and Kurdish factions have been locked in political disputes since troops withdrew in December, aggravating existing tensions.
