Our daily safari around the world (WARNING: spider incoming)

🇦🇺🕷️ Australian researchers discovered a new “rare and giant” species of trapdoor spider. The scientists found the abnormally large spider hiding in the soil of woodland areas, and after further investigation determined it was actually a brand-new species. They named it Euoplos dignitas, a name "derived from the Latin dignitas meaning dignity or greatness, reflecting the impressive size and nature of the spider,” scientists with the Queensland Museum said in a statement.

🇫🇮 Finland is the world’s happiest country for the sixth year in a row. That’s according to the UN’s annual World Happiness Report, which ranks 150+ countries based on six categories: social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption. Despite spending half the year in darkness, Nordic countries made up all of the top three, with Denmark in second place and Iceland in third. The US placed 15th, up one spot from 2022.

🇰🇪🇿🇦🇳🇬🇹🇳 People in four African countries are protesting over economic and political instability. Citizens in the north (Tunisia), east (Kenya), south (South Africa), and west (Nigeria) of Africa took to the streets on Monday to call out their respective governments’ inaction over the increased cost of living due to inflation and/or currency devaluation. Another point of contention for protesters: all of the countries, save for South Africa, recently had a politician ascend to the presidency despite claims of illegitimacy by the opposition party.