Many of the dead in the Iraqi capital were Shia pilgrims gathering for a religious festival.
In Hilla, two car bombs exploded near a restaurant, killing 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 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 killed 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."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.
Three bombs exploded in Kirkuk, with one of them targeting the headquarters of Kurdish president Massoud Barzani. One person died and many were injured in that attack.
One man told Reuters: "I want to ask the government, why do they put party headquarters in residential areas and among the civilians? Bombs are still occurring , killing and hurting innocent people."
There are also reports of bombs in Al-Azizyah, south of Baghdad, in Mosul, and another north of Karbala.
It is not yet clear who is responsible for Wednesday's attacks.Iraq's interior ministry said following that attack that there would be heightened security across the city as they anticipated further violence.
Violence in Iraq has fallen since the sectarian killings of a few years ago, but militants still frequently attack security forces and civilians.
BBC world affairs correspondent Emily Buchanan says sectarian tensions have been simmering since the US withdrawal in December last year, and this kind of violence is exactly what they had feared.
Shia Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has been trying to consolidate Shia power at the expense of Sunni and Kurdish voices, she says.
source: bbc
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