In pictures: Baghdad bombing

Dozens of people were hurt and scores injured when at least one blast ripped across a square in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. WARNING: Readers may find some images distressing.

Police said a suicide bomber had detonated a truck laden with explosives among a crowd of day labourers seeking work.

Tayaran Square is frequented by Shia labourers from nearby Sadr City and has been the scene of previous attacks.

This blast, widely thought to be the latest in a spiral of sectarian attacks, left hospitals crowded with the wounded.

Others were not so fortunate, with the reported death toll rising above 50 as the morning wore on.

Iraqis collected the bodies of relatives from hospitals and morgues ready for burial.

Many families grieved as they learned of the loss of relatives. The past month has seen some of the bloodiest sectarian violence in Iraq since the US invasion in 2003.

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