30:05How Satellite Images Reveal What’s Happening in Ukraine
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A whole country's lights going out is war made visible in one image. The before and after split needs no reading, the darkness says it. The satellite view promises evidence, not opinion, about something still unfolding.
Title
The title promises evidence from above about an event everyone knows.
Thumbnail
The thumbnail shows the country lit before the war and dark after.
When a serious change can be shown in data, find the one image where the change reads instantly, then label it before and after. Restraint fits grave subjects better than shock text ever does.
Let one data image show the stakes without shock text.
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Bring the reference into a packaging brief, then decide what your title and thumbnail should each communicate.