(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Many of the martyr in the Iraqi capital were Shia pilgrims gathering for a religious festival.
In Hilla, two car bombs exploded near a restaurant, martyring at least 21 people.
There has been a wave of attacks on the Shia community in recent days, as it marks the anniversary of the death of Shia Imam Moussa al-Kadhim (a.s).
The first car bomb struck a procession of pilgrims in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad, as they made their way to the Shrine.
There was then a series of four further blasts across the capital.
A man who witnessed one of the attacks in Baghdad said a car bomb had targeted pilgrims and had also hit people who were working in the city.
"People were slaughtered and martyred right here. This wrecked car here belonged to a man who worked to earn his living, and another one belonged to a fuel seller. They could not find his body."
Another man, speaking from his hospital bed in Baghdad, explained what happened.
"A car bomb exploded suddenly. I fell on the ground, then so many people fell on me."
The restaurant that came under attack in Hilla is said to be frequented by police.
Pictures from the scene showed the mangled remains of a restaurant, damaged cars and roads strewn with debris.
South of Baghdad, two car bombs exploded minutes apart at dawn in the center of the mainly Shiite city of Hillah, martyring 21 people and wounding 53, according to two police officers and one health worker.
A parked car bomb also exploded near a group of pilgrims in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of Baghdad, at about 8 a.m., martyring two people and wounding 22 others.
In the Shiite town of Balad, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, two nearly simultaneous car bombs martyred seven pilgrims and wounded 34.
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