Militants blew up the 3,000-year-old Temple of Nabu at the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrod. Satellite imagery confirmed extensive damage.
At least 111 were killed and 101 more were wounded:
In Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed 19 people and wounded 63 more near a cinema in Baghdad al-Jadida.
Seven civilians and five security members were killed, when a suicide bomber attacked an army checkpoint in Taji. Another 32 people were wounded.
A family of six attempted to escape Hawija but came across a roadside bomb. The mother was killed. The father and four children were wounded.
In Iskandariya, gunmen wounded a policeman.
Security forces in Baiji killed 21 militants.
Air strikes left 20 militants dead in Qayara.
Seventeen militants were killed in strikes around Nasr.
In Fallujah, at least a dozen militants were killed.
A strike on Baaj left seven militants dead.
