Michelle Obama has said she and Barack Obama "see our own daughters" in the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria as the First Lady used her husband's radio platform to condemn the mass abduction.
Mrs Obama, mother of 15-year-old Malia and 12-year-old Sasha, became one of the faces of the global push for the release of the girls after showing her support for the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
Delivering the weekly White House address, she said she and the president were "outraged and heartbroken" over the kidnapping.
"This unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education - grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls," she said in the address, which is broadcast on radio and online.
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Michelle Obama feels for anguished parents of kidnapped girls.
In the weekly address, Mrs Obama added: "We see their hopes, their dreams and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now."
The speech, delivered on the Mother's Day weekend in America, is the first time she has made the address alone.
British actress Emma Watson has spoken out on Twitter.
The Harry Potter star called for justice for the kidnapped schoolgirls and urged campaigners to stay active in raising awareness of their abduction.
Anne Hathaway and husband lead protest in LA.
Oscar winner Anne Hathaway has taken to the streets of Los Angeles to make a rallying cry about the kidnapping.
Armed with a megaphone, she and a dozen others - including her husband Adam Shulman - carried placards demanding the release of the more than 200 girls who were seized in Chibok on 14 April.
Campaigners protest in London.
Similar placards were raised outside the Nigerian High Commission in London, demanding more action to capture the Islamist militants Boko Haram who have threatened to sell the schoolgirls.
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