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The GuardianWitness top ten videos this month

From scenic time-lapse videos of sunsets to heartfelt stories, we have laughed, cried (and both) thanks to your videos. With too many to include here, we have whittled down this month's best videos to just ten.

1. There are now over 1.5 million Syrian refugees. This powerful video from Eujin Byun captures just a glimpse of what a camp for approximately 40,000 of them looks like.

I climbed a water tower to get this Aerial shot of Domiz refugee Camp, Kurdistan Region of norther Iraq. Around 40,000 Syrian refugees live in this camp.

2. As part of our London Marathon competition, we asked you to tell us who you ran for and why. The winning video was this emotional tale of Alison's sister, Emily, who had Type 1 diabetes and sadly passed away last year.

Alison and Iain founded Team Em & Me! (TEAM! - teamemandme.org) in memory of Alison's sister, Emily. Emily had Type 1 diabetes and sadly passed away from complications related to the condition at just 29 years old in April 2012.

TEAM! comprises of 15 of Emily's friends, family and colleagues competing in the 2013 London Marathon and to date, TEAM have raised over £34,000 for Diabetes UK in Emily's memory. This is their story...

3. Last month Princess Beatrix, former queen of the Netherlands, abdicated the throne to her son King Willem-Alexander. Here, texankid captures the moment the crowd joined in unity to sing the national anthem.

4. Another one from the Dutch celebrations. This man was so overwhelmed with joy, he sat in a circling boat and celebrated by playing jolly tunes. As you do.

Eccentric or just Dutch? Who cares, it's flipping Quing's Day!

5. Sound. What does the city sound like to you? Like police sirens? Or the hubbub of a packed tube station with people scrambling to get somewhere as they unsuccessfully maintain even an inch of personal space. No? Well this video from joerobot sure makes London sound awfully peaceful.

Whenever I'm home at lunch time, you can hear children from the school at the end of the road.

6. Despite it being May, it is still snowing in some parts of the UK. Thankfully though, Spring has sprung in some places as you can see from below. Let's hope this means Summer is not too far behind.

Daffodils in Sefton being blown by the warm spring breeze.

7. Another video of Spring is this lovely one of lambs in Cumbria.

New lambs in Cumbria

8. As expected most of the videos you sent in were of pets. Here's Buddy telling his owner to get the hell out of his box.

9. Now don't let the skewed shape of this video fool you. It's a classic "cat beats dog" scenario. Just listen to how sad Nanook sounds at the end!

Our Siberian Husky puppy Nanook is excited about his new toy. Unfortunately, our cat Takeshi has already taken up residence inside...

10. When pets meet technology they do funny things that amuse us so much we feel compelled to make a video of them. Here's a prime example: Pepper and the washing machine. Watch the other cat from 00.23. You can just see it thinking: "Really? It's a washing machine."

Pep loves watching the clothes go around - and tries to catch them :)

We absolutely loved seeing all the videos you have sent in, and we look forward to seeing more!

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