At least 33 people were killed and 77 more were wounded in new violence. The three bloodiest attacks occurred in and around Baghdad.

A blast near an army base in Taji left seven dead and 26 wounded.

Five people were killed and 20 more were wounded in a suicide bombing in Mahmoudiya.

In Baghdad, a bombing in the Shula neighborhood left five dead and 15 wounded.

Five officials were killed when gunmen attack a convoy delivering salaries to oil refineries near Baiji.

A bomb in Tuz Khormato wounded six Kurdish Asayesh agents. A bomb killed a police colonel. A civilian was killed in another bomb attack.

A hostage and two kidnappers were killed in Samarra. The hostage is a cousin to a member of parliament.

Gunmen in Tikrit killed an employee of the Health Ministry. Four bombs targeted a construction project; two bystanders were wounded. A sheikh was killed and his brother was wounded in a bombing.

Two policemen were killed and five more were wounded during clashes in Mosul.

Gunmen killed a civilian in Gatoun.

Two wounded were wounded in a blast in Abu Saida.

A sticky bomb killed the car’s driver in Khalis.

Read more by Margaret Griffis

• 31 Killed in Iraq, Including 12 Slaughtered in a Baghdad Brothel – May 22nd, 2013
• Sixty Killed, 132 Wounded in Ongoing Iraq Carnage – May 21st, 2013
• Monday Mayhem: 133 Killed, 283 Wounded in Iraq – May 20th, 2013
• Iraqi Police Targeted As Attacks Claim 44 Lives – May 19th, 2013
• Forty Killed Across Iraq; 13 Kidnapped in Anbar Province – May 18th, 2013