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(AP) - An assault by Islamic extremists at a shopping mall in Kenya, a suicide attack on a Pakistani church and assaults by suicide bombers targeting mourners at Shiite and Sunni funerals in Iraq have killed more than 250 people and injured at least 470 others since Saturday.
A recap of key events:
_ Saturday, Sept. 21, through Sunday, Sept. 22: Nairobi, Kenya _ Islamic extremist gunmen lobbing grenades and firing assault rifles inside an upscale mall in Nairobi kill at least 68 people, wound more than 175 others and hold an unknown number of others hostage.
_ Saturday, Sept. 21: Baghdad _ A wave of attacks, mainly on a Shiite funeral in Baghdad, kill 104 people and wound more than 140 others.
_ Sunday, Sept. 22: Peshawar, Pakistan _ A pair of suicide bombers blow themselves up amid hundreds of worshippers at a church in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 78 and wounding more than 140 others..
_ Sunday, Sept. 22, Baghdad _ Iraqi authorities say a suicide attacker killed at least 16 people and wounded at least 35 others at a Sunni funeral.
Here's a gallery of photos from the last 48 hours of violence in Kenya, Pakistan and Iraq:
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