50 people have been confirmed dead in a wave of car bombs in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Hilla, officials told BBC.
The blasts come a day after at least 23 people were killed in bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital.
Last month, more than 1,000 people were killed in attacks which mostly hit Shia and government targets.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, but in the past Sunni militant groups have targeted Shia areas.
Medical sources in Hilla say the main hospital has so far received 35 bodies from seven car bombings.
In the capital Baghdad, bombs in mainly Shia districts killed at least 14 people.
In one attack, a bomb inside a parked vehicle exploded near a bus station in the capital’s Bayaa district, killing five people, sources said.
Police say all Tuesday’s attacks were caused by cars parked in or near commercial areas and bus stations, reports the Associated Press news agency.
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