Attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 29 people Wednesday, the deadliest violence to take place this year in a country increasingly divided along sectarian lines.
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Protesters against military rule gesture by holding up their three middle fingers in the air, during a brief demonstration at a shopping mall in Bangkok, June 1, 2014.
![Firefighters look for survivors at the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party after a bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, January 16, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9656486e-3eec-4598-917e-abe29ace7d3b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Firefighters look for survivors at the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party after a bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, January 16, 2013.
![Iraqi civil defense personnel inspect a damaged building after a suicide attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, January 16, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7b3b238d-107e-48db-9317-e11158da4dc3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iraqi civil defense personnel inspect a damaged building after a suicide attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, January 16, 2013.
![A wounded man is transported on a stretcher to receive treatment after a suicide attack in Kirkuk, 250 kilometers north of Baghdad, January 16, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cc06c7f8-18b3-4c8b-a124-4b6aa0605303_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A wounded man is transported on a stretcher to receive treatment after a suicide attack in Kirkuk, 250 kilometers north of Baghdad, January 16, 2013.