Baghdad bombings

A blaze rages in front of the Iraqi foreign ministry building following a massive car bomb explosion in central Baghdad on Wednesday

Up in flames: A blaze rages in front of the Iraqi foreign ministry building following a massive car bomb explosion in central Baghdad on Wednesday. A series of devastating attacks across Baghdad killed at least 75 people, in the worst day of carnage to hit the Iraqi capital since US troops pulled out of the conflict-hit nation's cities. (AFP)

Shattered: Two young men are seen at the site of a massive explosion outside the Iraqi finance ministry building in the northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Waziriyah. A truck bomb struck outside the finance ministry, destroying part of a bridge near the ministry compound, and leaving 28 people dead and more than 200 injured, nearby hospitals said. The bombing also destroyed water tanks on houses near the ministry, sending water gushing into homes. (AFP)
Billowing smoke: A blaze rages in front of the Iraqi foreign minsitry building following a massive car bomb explosion in central Baghdad. It was the bloodiest day in Iraq since February 2008, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of a truck bombing on the UN compound in Baghdad that killed UN special envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other people.(AFP)
Scene of devastation: Burnt cars are seen in front of the damaged Iraqi foreign ministry building following a massive explosion. One of the truck bombs exploded outside the foreign ministry in a residential area close to the Green Zone sending plumes of smoke and dust into the air, leaving a crater three metres (10 feet) deep and 10 metres in diameter filled with the twisted wreckage of dozens of cars and several charred corpses.(AFP)

Blown to shreds: People gather at the scene of a massive explosion outside the foreign ministry. (AFP)
Debris: An Iraqi man stands amid debris and burnt cars at the scene of a massive explosion in front of the foreign ministry (background) on Wednesday. (AFP)