Ten bombings mainly targeting Baghdad province killed at least 41 people, while 24 killed in bombings and shootings elsewhere in Iraq.

The attacks are the latest in a surge in violence that has killed over 650 people so far this month, and more than 5,350 this year.

The 10 blasts, which hit nine different areas in and around Baghdad, also wounded more than 110 people.

One of the worst-hit neighbourhoods was Shaab in north Baghdad, where two car bombs exploded in a commercial area, killing at least eight people and wounding at least 18.

Blasts also struck the areas of Bayaa, Baladiyat, Mashtal, Hurriyah and Dura in Baghdad, and Saba al-bur, Nahrawan and Tarmiyah near the capital.

The Mashtal blast hit a bus station while bombs in Bayaa, Dura, Saba al-bur and Tarmiyah targeted commercial areas.

In the northern city of Mosul, a car bomb targeting soldiers waiting outside a bank to collect their wages killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 30 people.

Unknown gunmen also shot dead two soldiers and a civilian in two separate attacks in Mosul, while a car bomb exploded near an army checkpoint in the city, killing a woman and wounding eight people.