Car bombs kill at least 56 people in Iraq

At one restaurant, wooden benches were overturned and broken eggs were scattered on the ground. In Shaab, a crane lifted away at least 12 charred cars as cleaners swept away debris.

Violence has spiked in Iraq since April, when the pace of killing reached levels unseen since 2008.

Today's attacks bring the death toll across the country this month to 545, according to an Associated Press count.