In Iraq, a string of bombings targeting mostly Shiite neighborhoods today has left 34 people dead and more than 150 wounded. At least 40 people were killed in Iraq on Sunday when a suicide bomber struck a Shiite funeral south of Baghdad. The violence brings Iraq’s death toll this month to over 800. This follows more than 800 killed last month and more than 1,000 killed in July. More than 6,000 people have been killed in Iraq since the start of the year.